A Common Thread
Virtual Exhibition
Textile Center Galleries • July 6 – October 16, 2021
Now in its 21st year, A Common Thread showcased the breadth and talent of Textile Center members. 131 artworks adorned the walls of Textile Center’s galleries in an exhibition that was as diverse in technique as it was prolific in scope. Submitted from among nearly 1,000 Textile Center members, fiber art techniques represented include stitching, quilting, knitting, weaving, crochet, sewing, dyeing, felting, hand construction, polymer clay, basketry, beading, sculpture, and mixed media.
(Featured image: Somnium, Cindy Weil, A Common Thread 2021)
View our Art Speaks conversations with several exhibiting artists as they discuss their work & practice:
In the Galleries - Textile Center
Individual Artists
Kentucky Derby Hat and Dress
Beki Biesterfelt
Wearable Garment and Hat; Dress NFS
Rayon, metallic, and other decorative threads; wash-away fabric stabilizer, Tyvek mailers, acrylic fabric paints, found turkey feathers, natural dyes, silk cocoons, silk charmeuse thread
Sewing, blocking, painting, dyeing, embellishing
$150 (hat)
Maple Leaf Shawl
Claire DeChristina
70″ x 16″ / Wearable Garment
Seed, roundel glass, and glass novelty beads; rayon and polyester fabrics, polyester-wrapped cotton thread, maple leaves, raspberry leaves, dried onion skins, dried sedum flower heads, nylon thread
Botanical printing, machine and hand sewing, beading
NFS
Summer’s End
Nancy Fulton
6 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ x 1 1/4″
Needlepoint canvas, silk lamé braid, overdyed cotton thread, silk ribbon, rayon polyester thread, faceted round glass beads, Krenik braid, Silk Road Straw Silk fiber, glass seed beads, cotton floss, Deborah Mitak design
Silk ribbon embroidery, needlepoint, embroidery, beading
NFS
Good Cop, Bad Cop: The Teachers’ Lounge
Amanda Shopa
8″ x 14 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
Evenweave cloth, cotton fabric, zipper, leather, polyester thread, embroidery floss, plastic canvas, wool yarn, weighted pellets, epoxy, colored pencils, pencils, paint brush, lip balm container, hand sanitizer container
Hand embroidery, hand and machine sewing, sculpting
$225
Spring Fling Dress, Mask, and Necklace
Marsha Wiest-Hines
Wearable Garment, Face Mask, and Necklace
Pony, Japanese seed, cylinder, demi, drop, and dyed composite Jasper beads; polyester knit, fusible interfacing, elastic, polyester thread, cabochons, copper toggle clasp
Draping, drafting, machine sewing, surging, hand stitching
$500