Textile arts, the Glossary
Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects.[1]
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113 relations: Africa, Alicja Kozłowska, Alighiero Boetti, Animal fiber, Anni Albers, Art, Billie Zangewa, Braid, Brent Wadden, Britta Marakatt-Labba, Brooklyn Museum, Capotain, Carole Sabiston, Caroline Achaintre, Carpet, China, Civilization, Clothing, Color, Cotton, Cotton gin, Craft, Craftivism, Crochet, Curtain, Drama, Dye, Dyeing, Embroidery, Erin M. Riley, Europe, Faith Ringgold, Felt, Fiber, Fiber art, Fiber crop, Fine art, Flax, Goldwork (embroidery), Grayson Perry, Handicraft, Hat, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, History of clothing and textiles, Ian Berry (artist), India, Industrial Revolution, International trade, Jacobean era, Joana Vasconcelos, ... Expand index (63 more) »
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Alicja Kozłowska
Alicja (Alice) Kozłowska (born in 2000.) is a contemporary Polish mixed media and textile artist.
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Alighiero Boetti
Alighiero Fabrizio Boetti known as Alighiero e Boetti (16 December 1940 – 24 February 1994) was an Italian conceptual artist, considered to be a member of the art movement Arte Povera.
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Animal fiber
Animal fibers are natural fibers that consist largely of certain proteins.
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Anni Albers
Anni Albers (born Annelise Elsa Frieda Fleischmann; June 12, 1899 – May 9, 1994) was a German-Jewish visual artist and printmaker.
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Art
Art is a diverse range of human activity and its resulting product that involves creative or imaginative talent generally expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
Billie Zangewa
Billie Zangewa (born in 1973 in Blantyre, Malawi) is a Malawian artist who hand sews silk fabrics to create collage tapestries, and who now lives in Johannesburg.
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Braid
A braid (also referred to as a plait) is a complex structure or pattern formed by interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as textile yarns, wire, or hair.
Brent Wadden
Brent Wadden (born 1979, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a painter whose practice centers on fiber, specifically wool and yarn.
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Britta Marakatt-Labba
Britta Margareta Marakatt-Labba (born 18 September 1951 in Idivuoma, Karesuando, Sweden) is a Swedish Sámi textile artist, painter, graphic artist, and a member of the Máze Group.
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Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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Capotain
A capotain, capatain, copotain, or steeple hat is a tall-crowned, narrow-brimmed, slightly conical "sugarloaf" hat, usually black, worn by men and women from the 1590s into the mid-seventeenth century in England and northwestern Europe.
Carole Sabiston
Carole Sabiston (born 1939) is an English-born Canadian textile artist who lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
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Caroline Achaintre
Caroline Achaintre (born December 1969) is a mixed media artist living and working in London.
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Carpet
A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing.
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Civilization
A civilization (civilisation) is any complex society characterized by the development of the state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond signed or spoken languages (namely, writing systems and graphic arts).
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Clothing
Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body.
Color
Color (American English) or colour (British and Commonwealth English) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum.
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.
Cotton gin
A cotton gin—meaning "cotton engine"—is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
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Craft
A craft or trade is a pastime or an occupation that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work.
Craftivism
Craftivism is a form of activism, typically incorporating elements of anti-capitalism, environmentalism, solidarity, or third-wave feminism, that is centered on practices of craft - or what has traditionally been referred to as "domestic arts".
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Crochet
Crochet is a process of creating textiles by using a crochet hook to interlock loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials.
Curtain
A curtain is a piece of cloth or other material intended to block or obscure light, air drafts, or (in the case of a shower curtain) water.
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.
Dye
A dye is a colored substance that chemically bonds to the substrate to which it is being applied.
Dyeing
Dyeing is the application of dyes or pigments on textile materials such as fibers, yarns, and fabrics with the goal of achieving color with desired color fastness.
Embroidery
Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.
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Erin M. Riley
Erin M. Riley (born 1985) is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work focuses on women and women's issues primarily in hand-woven hand dyed wool tapestries.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold (born Faith Willi Jones; October 8, 1930 – April 13, 2024) was an American painter, author, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, and intersectional activist, perhaps best known for her narrative quilts.
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Felt
Felt is a textile that is produced by matting, condensing, and pressing fibers together.
Fiber
Fiber or fibre (British English; from fibra) is a natural or artificial substance that is significantly longer than it is wide.
Fiber art
Fiber art (fibre art in British spelling) refers to fine art whose material consists of natural or synthetic fiber and other components, such as fabric or yarn.
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Fiber crop
Fiber crops are field crops grown for their fibers, which are traditionally used to make paper, cloth, or rope.
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Fine art
In European academic traditions, fine art is made primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork.
Flax
Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae.
Goldwork (embroidery)
Goldwork is the art of embroidery using metal threads.
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Grayson Perry
Sir Grayson Perry (born 24 March 1960) is an English contemporary artist, writer and broadcaster.
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Handicraft
A handicraft is a traditional main sector of craft making and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials, paper, plant fibers, clay, etc.
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Hat
A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory.
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, (19 February 1594 – 6 November 1612), was the eldest son and heir apparent of James VI and I, King of England and Scotland; and his wife Anne of Denmark.
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History of clothing and textiles
The study of the history of clothing and textiles traces the development, use, and availability of clothing and textiles over human history.
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Ian Berry (artist)
Ian Berry, previously known as Denimu, is a British born artist based in Poplar, East London, who creates artwork solely from denim.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.
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International trade
International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services.
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Jacobean era
The Jacobean era was the period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of James VI of Scotland who also inherited the crown of England in 1603 as James I. The Jacobean era succeeds the Elizabethan era and precedes the Caroline era.
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Joana Vasconcelos
Joana Vasconcelos (born 1971) is a Portuguese artist known for her large-scale installations.
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Judith Scott (artist)
Judith Scott (May 1, 1943 – March 15, 2005) was an American fiber sculptor.
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Kiki Smith
Kiki Smith (born January 18, 1954) is a German-born American artist whose work has addressed the themes of sex, birth and regeneration.
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Kilim
A kilim (گلیمkilim کیلیم; kilim; kilim) is a flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug traditionally produced in countries of the former Persian Empire, including Iran, but also in the Balkans and the Turkic countries.
Knitting
Knitting is a method for production of textile fabrics by interlacing yarn loops with loops of the same or other yarns.
Lace
Lace is a delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern, made by machine or by hand.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Linen
Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.
List of knot terminology
This page explains commonly used terms related to knots.
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Loom
A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry.
Luddite
The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who opposed the use of certain types of automated machinery due to concerns regarding decreased pay for textile workers and a perceived reduction of output quality, and often destroyed the machines in organised raids.
Macramé
Macramé is a form of textile produced using knotting (rather than weaving or knitting) techniques.
Madame Zo
Zoarinivo Razakatrimo (1956–2020) was a Malagasy textile artist, widely known by the nickname Madame Zo.
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Magdalena Abakanowicz
Magdalena Abakanowicz (20 June 1930 – 20 April 2017) was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist.
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María Teresa Muñoz Guillén
María Teresa Muñoz Guillén, (born in Sariñena, Huesca, Spain) is a world recognized textile artist whose works are exhibited in Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East.
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Martin Nannestad Jørgensen
Martin Nannestad Jørgensen (born 9 June 1959) is a visual artist living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Mascha Mioni
Marianne Mittelholzer, artist name Mascha Mioni (born 17 April 1941 in Zurich) is a Swiss painter and textile artist.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Microscopy
Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view objects and areas of objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye).
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
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Needlework
Needlework is decorative sewing and textile arts handicrafts.
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Nick Cave (artist)
Nick Cave (born February 4, 1959) is an American sculptor, dancer, performance artist, and professor.
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Olga de Amaral
Olga de Amaral (born 1932) is a Colombian textile and visual artist known for her large-scale abstract works made with fibers and covered in gold and/or silver leaf.
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Oriental rug
An oriental rug is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in "Oriental countries" for home use, local sale, and export.
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Pae White
Pae White (born 1963) is an American multimedia visual artist known for her unique portrayal of nature and mundane objects through her creations of suspended mobiles.
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Paracas textile
The Paracas textiles were found at a necropolis in Peru in the 1920s.
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Plastic arts
Plastic arts are art forms which involve physical manipulation of a plastic medium, such as clay, wax, paint or even plastic in the modern sense of the word (a ductile polymer) to create works of art.
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Pleat
A pleat (plait in older English) is a type of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and securing it in place.
Plying
In the textile arts, plying (from the French verb plier, "to fold", from the Latin verb plico, from the ancient Greek verb πλέκω.) is a process of twisting one or more strings (called strands or plies) of yarn together to create a stronger yarn.
Power loom
A power loom is a mechanized loom, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution.
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Quilting
Quilting is the process of joining a minimum of three layers of fabric together either through stitching manually using a needle and thread, or mechanically with a sewing machine or specialised longarm quilting system.
Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Reticella
Reticella (also reticello or in French point coupé or point couppe) is a needle lace dating from the 15th century and remaining popular into the first quarter of the 17th century.
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Robert Peake the Elder
Robert Peake the Elder (–1619) was an English painter active in the later part of Elizabeth I's reign and for most of the reign of James I. In 1604, he was appointed picture maker to the heir to the throne, Prince Henry; and in 1607, serjeant-painter to King James I – a post he shared with John De Critz.
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Rodrigo Franzão
Rodrigo Franzão (born April 27, 1982) is a contemporary Brazilian mixed media and textile artist.
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Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.
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Rope
A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form.
Rug hooking
Rug hooking is both an art and a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen, or rug warp.
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Sewing
Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a sewing needle and thread.
Sewing needle
A sewing needle, used for hand-sewing, is a long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole (or eye) to hold the sewing thread.
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Sheila Hicks
Sheila Hicks (born 1934) is an American artist.
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Shirt
A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body (from the neck to the waist).
Silk
Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.
Silk Road
The Silk Road was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.
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A social relation is the fundamental unit of analysis within the social sciences, and describes any voluntary or involuntary interpersonal relationship between two or more individuals within and/or between groups.
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Spinning (textiles)
Spinning is a twisting technique to form yarn from fibers.
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Spinning jenny
The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution.
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Stocking
Stockings (also known as hose, especially in a historical context) are close-fitting, variously elastic garments covering the leg from the foot up to the knee or possibly part or all of the thigh.
Sumptuary law
Sumptuary laws (from Latin sūmptuāriae lēgēs) are laws that try to regulate consumption.
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Suzanne Lee
Suzanne Lee (born 1970) is a Brooklyn, New York based fashion designer working on fashion and future technologies.
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Synthetic fiber
Synthetic fibers or synthetic fibres (in British English; see spelling differences) are fibers made by humans through chemical synthesis, as opposed to natural fibers that are directly derived from living organisms, such as plants (like cotton) or fur from animals.
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Tablecloth
A tablecloth is a cloth used to cover a table.
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Tablet weaving
Tablet weaving (often card weaving in the United States) is a weaving technique where tablets or cards are used to create the shed through which the weft is passed.
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Tailor
A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly in men's clothing.
Textile
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.
Textile printing
Textile printing is the process of applying color to fabric in definite patterns or designs.
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Tracey Emin
Dame Tracey Karima Emin (born 3 July 1963) is an English artist known for autobiographical and confessional artwork.
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Tyrian purple
Tyrian purple (πορφύρα porphúra; purpura), also known as royal purple, imperial purple, or imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye.
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Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, comics, design, crafts, and architecture.
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Weaving
Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.
Wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids.
Woven coverlet
A woven coverlet or coverlid (derived from Cat. cobre-lit) is a type of bed covering with a woven design in colored wool yarn on a background of natural linen or cotton.
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Yarn
Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, used in sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, ropemaking, and the production of textiles.
Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada (born August 2, 1944) is a Japanese textile artist, curator, art historian, scholar, professor, and author.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_arts
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