Here we celebrate designers, artists, practitioners or researchers working with textiles who have otherwise been under-represented within curriculums, the history of textiles, and are likely to be rarely mentioned in classrooms.
Please take time to get to know them and be inspired by their diverse approaches to textiles and textile processes.
Diedrick Brackens weaves the history and relationship between cotton and its signification in American culture into his work, examining the beauty in
Liz Collins is a published multi-media artist who has exhibited internationally.
Focusing on Interdisciplinary design, Abiola’s work cultivates the exploration of culture & sustainability through storytelling and emotionally
An artist and Professor of Art History at the University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Nkuli Mlangeni-Berg is the founder of The Ninevites, a South-African design studio and collaborative platform which produces “beautiful
South African visual artist working with lace and other mediums to express representation, appropriation, and queer culture.
Aja Barber is a writer, personal stylist and consultant living in South East London. Her work focuses on sustainability, ethics, intersectional
Raisa Kabir is an artist, lecturer and writer whos work addresses topics including nationhood, textile identities and national borders. Kabir has
Judith Scott (May 1, 1943 – March 15, 2005) was an American artist who worked with fibre, yarn and sourced objects to create highly expressive
Originally from Chesterfield, England, Richard John Jones currently lives and works in Amsterdam, studying at Central Saint Martins. Jones’s
Mahama crates large scale textile art pieces by delicately stitching sacks imported by the Ghana Cocoa Board and reused by charcoal sellers. His
Born in Harlem, New York, Faith Ringgold is a painter, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, writer, teacher and lecturer known for her painted