In this episode of the Deep Rooted Healing podcast, I talk about my love of textiles and fibers and all of the different ways I have explored them within my life and my art practice. I share my favorite materials and books on textiles and fibers that I love.
Etsy Shops I buy supplies from:
-I get many of my Japanese sashiko and Kogin embroidery threads here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimonomomo
-I get beautiful handmade papers from around the world from this shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/tornedgepaper
-Hand dyed recycled rope and other interesting fibers: https://www.etsy.com/shop/UnfetteredCo
Textile and Fiber Books I talk about:
-Rug Money:How a Group of Maya Women Changed Their Lives through Art and Innovation by Mary Anne Wise and Cheryl Conway-Daly
-Women Artisans of Morocco: Their Stories, Their Lives by Susan Schaefer Davis
-The Hand Stitched Surface by Lynn Krawczyk
-Layered Cloth: The Art of Fabric Manipulation by Ann Small
-Three Dimensional Embroidery by Janet Edmonds
-Poetic Cloth by Hannah Lamb
-Embroidering within Boundaries: Afghan Women Creating a Future by Rangina Hamidi and Mart Littrell
-A Textile Travelers Guide to Peru and Bolivia by Cynthia LeCount Samake
-Sheila Hicks / Lifelines
-The Intentional Thread: A Guide to Drawing, Gesture, and Color in Stitch by Susan Brandeis
-Joomchi & Beyond by Jiyoung Chung
-Natural Processes in Textile Art by Alice Fox
-Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art by Claire Wellesley Smith
-Bojagi and Beyond II by Chunghie Lee
-Threads Around the World From Arabian Weaving to Batik in Zimbabwe
-Kigami and Kami-ito: Japanese Handmade Paper and Paper Thread by Hiroko Karuno
-Stamp, Stencil, Paint by Anna Joyce
-Hand Dyed by Anna Joyce
-Lotta Prints: How to Print with Anything from potatoes to linoleum by Lotta Jansdotter
-Mending Matters by Katrina Rodabaugh
-Every Thread a Story: Traditional Chinese Artisans of Guizhou Province by Karen Elting Brock, Linda Ligon and Wang Jun
-The Secret Language of Miao Embroidery by Zeng Li
-Anni Albers On Weaving
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Emma Freeman is an artist, writer, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner. She teaches online art and writing classes at www.deep-rooted-healing.com. She is a sober and a highly sensitive person. She lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
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