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TEXT: AMY DUFAULT Cloth as Connection to Land What would it be like if every region in the world utilized clothing to reflect place, economies and gender? Would it change the way we think about community and the origins of where…

BY BIRGITTA DE VOS Ancient techniques color the modern world Feeding both body and soul has challenged our species, probably since its inception.  Thankfully, we have frequently discovered ways of doing both. In Benin, and in a few neighboring West African…

BY JULIE WEST The many-layered meanings of red To walk the streets of Kathmandu’s morning market is to swim in a sea of red as women draped in crimson saris and scarlet glass bangle bracelets go about their daily business.  Red…

BY INDIA FLINT A new vocabulary of color and pattern from botanical alchemist India Flint Natural dye innovator India Flint works with the trees and plants of her Australian home to create not just near-zero impact natural dyes, but spontaneously natural…

BY REBECA SCHILLER The katagami sculpture of Jennifer Falck Linssen Jennifer Falck Linssen often tells her students to keep an open mind — to listen to themselves and just begin, no matter how good or crazy the idea seems at the…

BY VELMA BOLYARD The fire within handmade pages I often get asked about what my books represent to me personally. I see each book I complete as an event or a story. I use a poem, or a sentence, or an…

TEXT: CATHERINE BAYAR Art of the Miniature for Contemporary Times We are bombarded daily by fleeting sound bites and quickly rotating posts on social media, grabbing our attention only to be replaced by the next bits of urgent news. Twitter pics…

BY MARIA GIL ULLDE… Barbie under the needle A Barbie doll is less than 30 centimeters tall. That’s quite small. You would think that it’s difficult to fit much into one, but they are LOADED with meaning. Dr Agnes Nairn from…

BY DAWN GOLDSMITH The Art of Divorce Quilts Twenty-three years living with the same man. He’s a best friend, a father, a lover, a confidant. Then everything changes and he is an ‘ex.’ Divorce. This was fabric artist Judy Coates Perez’s…

TEXT: TONIA MARIE HARRIS Bijou Lakay’s bold line of accessories personifies Haitian convention, tradition, and vision. Daphne Floreal, CEO and designer, embraces her cultural identity and transforms this passion into pieces that reflect the modern woman- secure in her identity and…