Ep 21: Tactile Experiments with Textile and Fiber Art
In this episode of the Deep Rooted Healing podcast, I talk about my love of textiles and fibers and all of the different ways I have explored them within my life and my art practice. I share my favorite materials and books on textiles and fibers that I love. Etsy Shops I buy supplies from: -I get many of my Japanese sashiko and Kogin embroidery threads here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimonomomo -I get beautiful handmade papers from around the world from this shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/tornedgepaper -Hand dyed recycled rope and other interesting fibers: https://www.etsy.com/shop/UnfetteredCo Textile and Fiber Books I talk about: -Rug Money:How a Group of Maya Women Changed Their Lives through Art and Innovation by Mary Anne Wise and Cheryl Conway-Daly -Women Artisans of Morocco: Their Stories, Their Lives by Susan Schaefer Davis -The Hand Stitched Surface by Lynn Krawczyk -Layered Cloth: The Art of Fabric Manipulation by Ann Small -Three Dimensional Embroidery by Janet Edmonds -Poetic Cloth by Hannah Lamb -Embroidering within Boundaries: Afghan Women Creating a Future by Rangina Hamidi and Mart Littrell -A Textile Travelers Guide to Peru and Bolivia by Cynthia LeCount Samake -Sheila Hicks / Lifelines -The Intentional Thread: A Guide to Drawing, Gesture, and Color in Stitch by Susan Brandeis -Joomchi & Beyond by Jiyoung Chung -Natural Processes in Textile Art by Alice Fox -Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art by Claire Wellesley Smith -Bojagi and Beyond II by Chunghie Lee -Threads Around the World From Arabian Weaving to Batik in Zimbabwe -Kigami and Kami-ito: Japanese Handmade Paper and Paper Thread by Hiroko Karuno -Stamp, Stencil, Paint by Anna Joyce -Hand Dyed by Anna Joyce -Lotta Prints: How to Print with Anything from potatoes to linoleum by Lotta Jansdotter -Mending Matters by Katrina Rodabaugh -Every Thread a Story: Traditional Chinese Artisans of Guizhou Province by Karen Elting Brock, Linda Ligon and Wang Jun -The Secret Language of Miao Embroidery by Zeng Li -Anni Albers On Weaving ----- Emma Freeman is an artist, writer, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner. She teaches online art and writing classes at www.deep-rooted-healing.com. She is a sober and a highly sensitive person. She lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Online creative classes: www.deep-rooted-healing.com/classes Website: www.deep-rooted-healing.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/deeprootedhealing Facebook: www.facebook.com/deeprootedhealings YouTube: www.youtube.com/@deeprootedhealing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deep-rooted-healing/message