Jessamy Shay Kilcollins Jessamy Shay Kilcollins is an award-winning textile artist, educator, and sustainable fashion designer who uses secondhand materials and handcraft processes to interrogate the roles of consumption and consumerism in modern society. In addition...
Gasali Adeyemo Gasali Adeyemo is a textile artist and educator from Ofatedo, a small rural village in Osun State, Nigeria. The third of five children, Gasali learned the traditional arts of the Yoruba people from his mother, his first and most influential teacher. In...
Heidi Parkes Before Heidi Parkes was born in Chicago, IL in 1982, her grandmother organized a collaborative family quilt to commemorate her birth. Now based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin her quilting and mending celebrate the hand, and her works tug at memories and shared...
Flora Carlile-Kovacs The award winner of several wearable art shows, Flóra Carlile-Kovács is a professional felt artist born in Szeged, Hungary, now living and working in Seattle, WA. In her work she incorporates two bodies of knowledge; the nomadic traditions and the...
Donna Kay A knitting instructor for over 25 years, she is also an accomplished handspinner. Known for her patient teaching manner, she delights in sharing her knowledge of traditional knitting and spinning techniques with her students. Donna is also a freelance...
Cheryl Desjardin Influenced by the colors and materials found in nature, Cheryl Desjardin is an artist and designer dedicated to creating one-of-a-kind, eco-conscious pieces with minimal environmental impact. A lifelong fascination with natural color began in...
