Textiles and Related Arts & Crafts Resources

World Wide Quilting Page: A comprehensive gathering of information. resources, and topics related to quilting, plus links to related textiles pages.
American Crafts: An exhibition of American Crafts at the White House. Includes images of the crafts, interviews, with the crafts people, and information about their works.
Designer Software Inc.: This company writes software that helps designers create surface patterns and woven textiles. They "aim at power, ease of use, and meeting the special needs of designers."
Art: FolkArt & Craft Exchange: This commercial web site is dedicated to the promotion of work made by folk artists and craft persons from the Americas. You will find products with widely varying prices, details of the products, and often a "bio" of the artist.
Fashion Net: Fashion Net is a public service provided by the Fashion Industry Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to optimizing fashion industry communications. Fashion Net has been designed to be a global meeting point for the fashion/style interested public as well as for the fashion industry. Here, the world of fashion can communicate and interact electronically. Fashion Net is divided into two constantly evolving areas. One is called "Fashion & Style" and is meant for the general public. The other one, called "Fashion Industry", is meant for business to business communications and contains the Fashion Yellow Pages as well as other services for the industry. Efforts are underway to add services such as virtual fashion shows, areas for journalists and online casting.
Australian Textiles: A project of the Canberra School of Art Textiles Workshop and the ANU Institute of the Arts Library. Illustrations and biographical information can be accessed by clicking on each textile artist's name.
Israel Judaica Weaving Loom: Featured in this department is a range of seven hand-woven pure wool tallitot, a traditional Jewish format.
Weavings From the American Southwest: In the intriguing Four Corners of the American Southwest, where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah join, the Navajos live. For generations, these proud and tenacious people have created some of the most beautiful and exquisitely detailed weavings in the world. Rich in color and culture, these hand-woven rugs are one-of-a-kind masterpieces. Collectors, investors, and interior designers seek them for both their beauty and decorative value.
The weaving response: What does a weaver say to a journalist? One of the historical shifts that distances the world of crafts from modernity is the information revolution. When objects are valued for their immediate communicational value (the fashion statement) rather than their enduring worth (the heirloom), craft must go by the wayside. Journalism trades in the latest stories: its prize is the scoop and its nightmare is yesterday's news....
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