Sheila Hicks Meets Our Residents

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of a private walk-through with Sheila Hicks and our Artists in Residence of her current exhibition at Sikkema Jenkins. No need to go into how wonderful it was to hear her speak about her own

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Sheila Hicks Meets Our Residents

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of a private walk-through with Sheila Hicks and our Artists in Residence of her current exhibition at Sikkema Jenkins. No need to go into how wonderful it was to hear her speak about her own

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Woven Chairs at Milan Design Week

If you were lucky enough to check out Milan’s Design Week this year you would have seen these amazing chairs by the design group Marni. Marni used repurposed metal and PVC thread to create this series of woven chairs. They

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Woven Chairs at Milan Design Week

If you were lucky enough to check out Milan’s Design Week this year you would have seen these amazing chairs by the design group Marni. Marni used repurposed metal and PVC thread to create this series of woven chairs. They

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Reusing, Recycling Textiles

Check out Concord-based Merill Comeau: a contemporary textile artist who repurposes vintage clothing, linens, and other fabrics to create these beautiful, large scale collages.  Through careful cutting, sewing, and stitching, Merill investigates both the natural world and the human experience.

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Reusing, Recycling Textiles

Check out Concord-based Merill Comeau: a contemporary textile artist who repurposes vintage clothing, linens, and other fabrics to create these beautiful, large scale collages.  Through careful cutting, sewing, and stitching, Merill investigates both the natural world and the human experience.

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Transplanting and DIY Garden Greenhouse

Now that our beds are set and filled with soil it’s time to give our seedlings a home! This week at the Natural Dye garden we transplanted Indigo, Purple Basil, Marigold, Coreopsis, Weld, Blue Boy, Fennel, and Chrysanthemum. Before planting

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Transplanting and DIY Garden Greenhouse

Now that our beds are set and filled with soil it’s time to give our seedlings a home! This week at the Natural Dye garden we transplanted Indigo, Purple Basil, Marigold, Coreopsis, Weld, Blue Boy, Fennel, and Chrysanthemum. Before planting

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One More Reason Not to Toss Old Sweaters

I just found this stool called rollin’ rollin’ from Japanese designer Hiromi Manabe, that takes your old sweater and turns it into new furniture! The piece is a part of the series epilogue – prologue, where designers make pieces that either take

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One More Reason Not to Toss Old Sweaters

I just found this stool called rollin’ rollin’ from Japanese designer Hiromi Manabe, that takes your old sweater and turns it into new furniture! The piece is a part of the series epilogue – prologue, where designers make pieces that either take

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Summer Getaway in the Catskills

  A sunny day would have been even better for this post so you could picture the perfection of Summer in the Catskills, but although we are looking at a rainy forecast, I didn’t want to wait too long! I

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Summer Getaway in the Catskills

  A sunny day would have been even better for this post so you could picture the perfection of Summer in the Catskills, but although we are looking at a rainy forecast, I didn’t want to wait too long! I

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Natural Basket Making with Matt Tommey

This weekend here at Textile Arts Center, students came in and learned about basket making from artist Matt Tommey. His work focuses on traditional Appalachian craft using all natural materials like vines (kudzu, wisteria, grapevine), branches (birch, oak, ash & poplar), long leaf

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Natural Basket Making with Matt Tommey

This weekend here at Textile Arts Center, students came in and learned about basket making from artist Matt Tommey. His work focuses on traditional Appalachian craft using all natural materials like vines (kudzu, wisteria, grapevine), branches (birch, oak, ash & poplar), long leaf

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New OOAK Bags from Shannon South

Loving Shannon South’s new line of one-of-a-kind suede and leather patchwork clutches.

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New OOAK Bags from Shannon South

Loving Shannon South’s new line of one-of-a-kind suede and leather patchwork clutches.

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American Stories: Annie Coggan

Come visit the new window display in Manhattan by Annie Coggan for ICFF! American Stories A collection of didactic decorative objects. Annie Coggan has developed another American story through didactic decorative objects, now on display at TAC Manhattan. Just in time

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American Stories: Annie Coggan

Come visit the new window display in Manhattan by Annie Coggan for ICFF! American Stories A collection of didactic decorative objects. Annie Coggan has developed another American story through didactic decorative objects, now on display at TAC Manhattan. Just in time

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Hannah Schultz: Helplessly Happy Prints

This week, TAC’s alumni (and TAC’s friend + collaborator) Hannah Schultz graduated from FIT Textile Surface Design program. We already knew she was amazingly talented, but seeing her final show, I felt the need to shout it out loud for the

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Hannah Schultz: Helplessly Happy Prints

This week, TAC’s alumni (and TAC’s friend + collaborator) Hannah Schultz graduated from FIT Textile Surface Design program. We already knew she was amazingly talented, but seeing her final show, I felt the need to shout it out loud for the

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