Elizabeth Tolson, Artist

untitled bodies, 2019
Fabric
Individual piece size: h: 48 in x w: 24in x d: 3in

Moon Surface Study

Weaving 

Ceramic, Embroidery Thread

Artist Website

https://elizabethtolson.com/

 

Cat Mailloux, Artist

Give me your hand, sister | Portmanteau Project Space | Dayton, OH

Exhibition Statement

The phrase give me your hand, sister implies a hand reaching for help, or a hand offering care, a gesture that goes both ways. These works were made in with and for my three sisters: plaster casts of their shoulders and felted coats. My sisters and I made the felt together. Felting requires rubbing and compressing loose wool fibers together with soap and water to create a sturdy textile that has no clear warp or weft and is very hard to tear. I eventually made the felt into coats for each of my three sisters. The essay Tears/Tears was written in collaboration with my sister Lindsay Mailloux, reflecting on the homonym tears.

More to see on artist website:

https://www.catmailloux.com/give-me-your-hand-sister

 

Astri Snodgrass, Artist

Underwater Orchestra

Mercerized cotton embroidery floss, 9 x 8.5 in

Deadheading

• Mercerized cotton embroidery floss and glass beads
• 10 x 9.5 in

Token

• Cotton crochet thread and glass beads, 5.5 x 5.25 in

Gumline

• Mercerized cotton embroidery floss, 7 x 6.25 in

Artist Website

https://astrisnodgrass.com/work/was-once-ox

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/astrijohanna/

 

Sandy Delissovoy, Artist

Long Walks with Ephemeral Indigo Interventions, 

California and Virginia, 2022 - 23

Link below to watch video:

https://sandydelissovoy.com/Long-Walks-with-Ephemeral-Indigo-Interventions-California-and-Virginia

 

Artist Website

https://sandydelissovoy.com/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/sandydelissovoy/?hl=en

Morgan Rose Free, Artist

cotton, embroidery floss, grommets

2020

2023

Artist Website

https://morganrosefree.com/

Follow on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/morganrosefree/?hl=en

Part of Western Pole Project

https://westernpole.tumblr.com/

 

Dye Experiments, Student Work, Spring 2024

 

Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser

 

In this panoramic social history, Sofi Thanhauser brilliantly tells five stories—Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool——about the clothes we wear and where they come from, illuminating our world in unexpected ways. She takes us from the opulent court of Louis Quatorze to the labor camps in modern-day Chinese-occupied Xinjiang. We see how textiles were once dyed with lichen, shells, bark, saffron, and beetles, displaying distinctive regional weaves and knits, and how the modern Western garment industry has refashioned our attire into the homogenous and disposable uniforms popularized by fast fashion brands.

Thanhauser makes clear how the clothing industry has become one of the planet's worst polluters, and how it relies on chronically underpaid and exploited laborers. But she also shows us how micro-communities, textile companies, and clothing makers in every corner of the world are rediscovering ancestral and ethical methods for making what we wear.

Drawn from years of intensive research and reporting from around the world, and brimming with fascinating stories, Worn reveals to us that our clothing comes not just from the countries listed on the tags or ready-made from our factories. It comes, as well, from deep in our histories.

Source: https://www.harvard.com/book/worn/