Kevlar was first developed in 1965 by Polish-American chemist Stephanie Kwolek while working for DuPont in the Experimental Station...

You might not realize it, but geotextiles are secretly working behind the scenes to make your life better on a daily basis. These...

During six weeks based in Melbourne as an artist in residence at the Australian Tapestry Workshop, I had the pleasure to meet tons of...

Many of the textiles we use every day are made with natural fibers. Plant-based fibers like cotton or flax (linen) are popular and common...

“If the nature of architecture is the grounded, the fixed, the permanent, then textiles are its very antithesis. If, however, we think of...

“And even today, after six years (as a designer), the automotive industry is still unique in its lack of employing women in creative...

The history of color is as old as time but it's only in this modern era that the majority of our colors come from synthesized,...

When describing the human body, words such as flexible, malleable, and soft come to mind, and the same can be said about textiles. In the...

*The original interview done in Portuguese can be found below. In January 2022, I had the pleasure of meeting Maria Fernanda Paes de...

“Modern performance textiles have changed the way people interact with the outdoors, enabling them to scale the tallest mountains, run...

What are the sounds that weaving makes? Does each loom and every weaver produce unique sounds? When thinking about weaving and textiles,...

“The words “text” and “textile” share a common ancestor: the Latin “texere,” to weave. Similarly, “fabrica”–something skilfully...

Figure 1 Khipu Cord from the Inka Period (1300-1532) [Museo Larco, "Los Quipus, Época Imperial,"ML60004, Lima, Peru] The khipu knot...

“Human societies have always pivoted around prodigious fungal metabolisms” – Merlin Sheldrake As humans, we tend to focus on our...

Carolina Arévalo Karl is an independent curator, educator, organizer, and artist based in Santiago, Chile. In Fall 2020, Althea Hurwitz...

Marilyn Zapf is currently the Director of Programs and Curator at the Center for Craft in Asheville, North Carolina, USA, a national...

Alison's Montessori Fabric Box It is not true that I invented what is called the Montessori Method. I have studied the child, I have...

"Die Nornen" (1889) by Johannes Gehrts At the end of the Njáls saga — the Icelandic epic written in the 13th century — one can read this...

What are the forms in which textiles and architecture can be combined? According to Petra Blaisse and what she expresses through her...

“What do you think of when you think of Romania?” “Vampires and…Kraft_Made” is what I would have said if you’d asked back in early 2014...