Keith Recker's blog

A Link in the Chain

BY Keith Recker | March 11, 2010

Judy Ross is all about chain stitch

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Feathers and Steel

BY Keith Recker | February 25, 2010

Nonu Fabrics at the Textile Museum in DC

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Fabric of Life

BY Keith Recker | February 25, 2010

Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art brings long-hidden textiles to light

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Wild String

BY Keith Recker | February 13, 2010

Alyssa Wood is just beginning to knit her career together

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Useful Beauties

BY Keith Recker | February 6, 2010

Clare Smith’s unique Southeast Asian basket collection is for sale

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Fire Power

BY Keith Recker | January 15, 2010

Master Haitian metalsmiths forge an alliance with Brandaid Project to expand markets for the art of Croix des Bouquets

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Jewels of the Kalahari

BY Keith Recker | January 12, 2010

The ancient Bushmen enter the international jewelry market

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Able Embroiderers

BY Keith Recker | January 9, 2010

Does a work of art reveal the soul of its creator?

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Threads of Meaning

BY Keith Recker | December 12, 2009

Michael Daube's Citta.org serves the needy with soulful scaves

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Wild Man

BY Keith Recker | December 10, 2009

Forager and teacher Steve Brill finds wild foods in plain sight. Is foraging the next wave in handmade food?

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Certain Clothes

BY Keith Recker | December 10, 2009

If you want to know where your clothes come from and how they are made – and like what you learn – you need Goods of Conscience.

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Earth and Heaven

BY Keith Recker | December 4, 2009

Ceramist John Pagliaro transforms mud into emotion

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Folk Futures

BY Keith Recker | December 4, 2009

Juan Quezada single-handedly created a pottery movement that has taken on a life of its own.

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Scratch the Surface

BY Keith Recker | November 30, 2009

Michael Dinges scrimshaws about the consequences of technology, progress, capitalism, and more.

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Shout It Out

BY Keith Recker | November 27, 2009

Lisa Anne Auerbach’s sweaters make a statement

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