The Textiles area is grounded in traditional textile techniques and materials, as well as modern and contemporary processes and materials. You will explore a variety of techniques (dyeing and sewing, ...

Smart textiles are one of the many words used to describe fabrics with electronics embedded into their structure. These electronics sense information, like physiological signals or pressure, and ...

As a child, Liu Xianglan was captivated by the vibrant colors and intricate patterns of Li brocade. In her adulthood, this craft became her life's work. So she was ecstatic when she heard that the ...

Artists from India that came from the Internatinal Folk Art Market to the Northland to demonstrate their textile techniques that have been passed down for generations. We were able to get a glimpse at ...

The field of textile dyeing and colouration has experienced a transformative evolution, driven by the imperative to develop sustainable and efficient methods that minimise environmental impact whilst ...

Textiles and textile-related material constitute an important domain of material culture. Textiles require advanced levels of technology to be produced from the making of threads and their ...

WASHINGTON, DC — By confronting old, narrow definitions of what abstract modernist art is, Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction at the National Gallery of Art makes the case that textiles ...

Engineered human tissue plays a small but growing role in medicine. Engineered skin can be used on surgical patients or burn victims, engineered arteries have been used to repair obstructed blood flow ...

Ed Rossbach, a pioneer of the contemporary fiber-arts movement who pushed the boundaries of traditional textile techniques and influenced a generation of young fiber artists, has died. He was 88.