ClothRoads will be exhibiting in San Francisco on October 21st at the 4th Annual Textile Bazaar.
A treasure trove of unusual fabric will be available at St. Anne of the Sunset Church, 1300 Funston (at Judah) in San Francisco. This … Read the rest
The Alchemy of Indigo
September 7, 2012 by 1 Comment
The smell wafts up from the handwoven, indigo-dyed cotton cloth as I’m ironing it. It’s an unmistakable odor—a little sweet, a little pungent. If you’ve dyed with indigo, you know this smell and you understand the magical, transformative process of … Read the rest
ClothRoads will be exhibiting at the 2012 Textile Society of America Marketplace
August 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Join us for a special TEXTILE MARKETPLACE during the Textile Society
of America 13th Biennial Symposium, held September 20-22 at the
Washington Court Hotel in Washington, DC. The Marketplace will feature
wearable art, textiles, books, yarn, fabric, and … Read the rest
A Look Back at Santa Fe Folk Art Festival 2012
July 27, 2012 by 3 Comments
Thursday, July 12 we attended the Santa Fe Folk Art Festival Community Celebration. Thousands gather to celebrate the artists. It’s free and open to the public. This short iPhone movie gives you a glimpse of the artists in … Read the rest
My Mood Is Indigo
March 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
It’s summer and the indigo dye pot is alive and well, being fed by various students at the former Textile Arts Centre in Chicago. I can smell the dye pot—it’s a disagreeable odor, one like no other. Not putrid, nor … Read the rest
ClothRoads Trunk Shows
February 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
ClothRoads is an on-line retailer looking to take the show on the road in 2012.
Perhaps we should call ClothRoads’s Trunk Shows–Tactile Experiences with Textiles–your chance to commune with the cloth: to touch, feel, and learn about global textiles. It … Read the rest
Dyeing a Woven Shibori Scarf
November 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Woven shibori is the perfect medium to explore natural dyes, resists, and layering of colors. One doesn’t even have to weave on a loom in order to work with this technique if you are using the woven shibori “blanks” that … Read the rest
