This educational list of books, essays, journals, scholarly articles, documentaries and online resources is an accessible open resource designed to expand upon our knowledge and understanding of textiles and textile narratives.
Plankensteiner, B. and Adediran, N., (2010). African lace. Ghent: Snoeck.
Thakar, K., (2021). Indian Textiles: 1,000 Years of Art and Design. London: HALI PUBNS.
Hansen, K. and Madison, D., (2013). African dress. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Academic.
Nsaka, M., (2021). The Vanishing Kuba Textile: For uber busy people. London: Blue Fox Communications.
Jain, R., (2011). Rapture: The Art of Indian Textiles. New Delhi: Niyogi Books.
Small, Z., (2017). Knitting Together the Beginnings of a Queer, Feminine Future. [online] Hyperallergic.
Askari, N. and Askari, H., (2019). The flowering desert. Textiles from Sindh. London: Paul Holberton Publishing.
Ringgold, F., Ulrich Obrist, H. and Wallace, M., (2019). Faith Ringgold. 1st ed. Köln/New York: Koenig Books
Kamel Kawar, W. and Tamari Nasir, T., (2021). Palestinian Embroidery: Traditional “Fallahi” cross-stitch. 1st ed. Amman, Jordan: Tiraz: Widad Kawar
Bryan-Wilson, J. (2017) Fray: Art and Textiles Politics. University of Chicago Press
Chaich, J. and Oldham, T., (2016). Queer threads : crafting identity and community. Los Angeles, CA: Ammo Books.
Wall Kimmerer, R. (2020) Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants