RESOURCES

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Dharma Trading Company- where we do most of our ordering

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Fabric recycles- recycling store in Overland Park

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GALLERIES AND GROUPS

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TextileArtists.org- lots of artists, variety of works

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Surface Design Association

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Textile Museum of Canada

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Textile Design Sketchbook examples

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Featured artists- Dharma Trading Co.

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ARTISTS

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Aida Millett- quilt and stitch work

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Ann Johnson-Sole Sister Studio- mixed media

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Bisa Butler- fiber art portraiture

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Chad Alice Hagen- book artist

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Ciara LeRoy- embroidery artist

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Daniel Lismore- I am Art

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Diane Harty- millinery

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Dona Anderson- reed artist

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Dorothy Gill Barnes- nature artist

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El Anatsui- mixed media installations

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Faith Ringgold- painting and quilt designs

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Haegue Yang-installations

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Isabella Springmuhl- clothing designer

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Jackie Adams- basket and fiber artist

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Jamie Okuma- fiber artist

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Jane Dunnewold- fiber artist

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JeffreyGibson- beadwork

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Jen Hewett- surface designer

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Judith and Joyce Scott- wrapped forms

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Juliana Santacruz Herrera- pretty potholes

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Karen Kiick- mixed media

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Kim Sooja-mixed media and installation

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Mary Elmusa- local fiber artist

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Matthew Dehaemers- installatios

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Mulyana-crochet,stitch and knit

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Natalie Ball- Indigenous contemporary art

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Nick Cave- sound suits

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Patrick Cabral-paper cuts

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Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernandez- sculpture and fashion designers

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Pinar Yolacan- perishable fiber art

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Reiko Fujii- mixed media artist

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Sam Gilliam- draped canvases

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Sekine Nobuo- stretched fabic paintings

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Simone Elizabeth- hand tufted textiles

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Sylvia White- fiber sculptures non-traditional materials

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Victoria Villasana- sewn portraits

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TUTORIALS
 

Textile Cards
 

Shaving cream dying

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Basic tie dye instructions for shibori

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Marbeling instructions

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Woven pouch tutorial

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Silk painting tips

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Wrapper purse instructions

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Fabric dyeing instructions by Paula Burch

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Natural dyeing from Pioneer Thinking

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Coiled basket tutorial

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Simple crochet bag

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Mandala Tutorial

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Altered book ideas

• List of ideas

Sewing 

• How to thread a needle

• Tying a knot #1

• Tying a knot #2

• Finishing knots

• Back stitch and Running Stitch

Shibori 

• 3 basic types of Shibori(our dyes and processes are different but folding techniques are the same)

• Shibori powerpoint

Embroidery

• 14 basic stitches

• 10 Embroidery stitches

• 10 Filling stitches

• How to make a Patch

WeavingLinks to an external site.

• Wall hanging tutorial

• Woven pouch tutorial

• Knot with fringe

• Weaving waves

• Loops- video

• Loops- written instructions

• Embroidery over a weave

• Ways to finish your weave

• Changing colors- Weavers Knot

• Changing colors midway- Dovetail method

Crochet & Knitting

• Crochet basics

• Simple crochet bag

• Knitting basics

• Basic knit bunny

• Arm knitting

• Magic circle

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