Embroidered pieces, woven works, fiber-based creations—textile art (also known as fiber art) can be many things, but one thing is certain: It creates an inspired tapestry wherever you display it.

More artists are working with fiber, according to Hong Kong curator Takahashi Mizuki, but it 'is still an underrated medium.' Exhibition view: “Lining Revealed – A Journey Through Folk Wisdom and ...

Detail of embroidery design by May Morris overlaid with portraits of May and her father William Morris (collage Isabella Segalovich/Hyperallergic, images via Wikimedia Commons) On a bright, sunny day ...

Recent and upcoming museum exhibitions in the U.S. and London suggest that fiber arts are having a moment — again. Artworks employing, based on or mimicking textiles have appeared throughout recorded ...

When you think of fine art, you might think of oil paintings, bronze sculptures or gravity-defying glasswork. You might not think of a colorful quilt, fuzzy felted object or embroidery, perhaps ...

India’s textile heritage is a story written in needle and thread. For centuries, artisans across different regions have created embroidery styles that are not just decorative, but deeply cultural, ...

Kelly Mead sits in the middle of the floor of a historic 19th century house on Officers Row in Vancouver, Wash., when WW calls. She says she’s staring at the machine embroidery design by textile ...

Textiles don’t immediately come to mind when thinking about art. But as observers of the creative worlds have noticed, the much heralded crossover between design, craft, and art has upended ...

The Textile Arts Center of Madison's inaugural artists-in-residence program starts in January 2026. Dakota Mace and Ireri Andrea Muñiz Ortega, both textile artists, will be the first two local artists ...

After her master’s from the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai, in 2007, Alamu Kumaresan worked part-time at a school as an art facilitator. While teaching her students, the now 40-year-old ...

BANGALORE, India — Across India, there has always been a rich tradition of embroidery work, from the humble kantha of West Bengal to the opulent zardosi of Uttar Pradesh. In recent years, a new ...