On the Unraveling of Fibre Arts
2025 - Publication
2025 - Publication
Part of the On the Unraveling of Fibre Arts series
A series of publications on the topic of fiber arts and politics. This particular publication contains compiled research for the essay Giving Credit Where it’s Due.
For a long time, fiber art skills were considered something that women were “supposed to know”. The cultural importance, technical skill, and its long history were often looked over, and are still often ignored to this day. People are quick to show off their hand embroidered vintage jacket or vintage funky knit sweater without acknowledging the long lines of women who have kept these practices alive and turned them into forms of self-expression for us to appreciate today.