Spotlight: Deb Taylor, Eco Artist
Even though she does not have a lot of traditional art supplies nearby, Deb Taylor finds a way to create. Always taking inspiration from her environment, whether a remote Mexican...
Surface Design
Surface Design
Customize the surface of your fiber project with paint, stencils, stamps, dyes, roving, yarns and beads! Surface design is the process of manipulating the surface of fabric or paper with a variety of techniques and can involve creative exploration of processes such as dyeing, painting, printing, stitching, embellishing, quilting, weaving, knitting, felting, and papermaking.
Browse through the projects and inspiration that have included surface design.
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Spotlight: Deborah Weir, Fiber Artist
Without formal art training - but with an innate need to create, Deborah Weir's fiber art career was sparked when she saw textiles displayed as fine art in the 1970s....
Spotlight: Lotta Helleberg, Fiber Artist
Combining the essence of the flora that surrounds her Virginia home with her Scandinavian esthetic, Lotta Helleberg uses botanical contact printing (AKA eco-printing) as a foundation for her fiber art....
Spotlight: Mary Vaneecke, Fiber Artist
Mary Vaneecke is a fiber artist with a passion for social issues and making a difference with her work. From small art quilts to curating a huge installation of 23,000...
Art Cloth Network: Celebrating 20 Years
ART CLOTH is cloth TRANSFORMED by adding or subtracting color, line, shape, texture, value, or fiber to CREATE a compelling surface. This is the Art Cloth Network's definition. Art Cloth Network...
How to Stamp on Fabric
Make your own fabric designs by using a stamp on fabric with textile paints. You can use any type of stamp -- either purchased or one you make yourself. Here...
Spotlight: Bianca Spizzirri, Fiber Artist
Bianca Spizzirri designs block-printed fabric providing earth-friendly materials that inspire quilters, crafters and sewists to make their own creations. Using repurposed fabric and her original printing blocks, she transforms trash...
How to Make Blossom Bins
I love to embellish my pieces with stitching and beads. All of those threads and bead tubes, the needles and thimble jumble up on a tray. Cute little Blossom Bins...
Spotlight: Cas Holmes, Textile Artist
To explore Cas Holmes' work, you have to engage with layers - layers of fabric, paper, paint, ephemera and stitch that bring the often overlooked to the front of mind....
Spotlight: Faith Hagenhofer, Fiber Artist, Feltmaker and Shepherd
For as long as she can remember, Faith Hagenhofer has made creative things. But when she and the hands-on process of feltmaking connected, it was kismet - and she shows...
