2025 Fall News
A Note from Our Executive Director: Building Our Community, Together
As I sit down to write this year-end message, I find myself reflecting not just on numbers, but on the human energy those numbers represent. The data tells a powerful ...
Announcing the 2025 Winner of the R. L. Shep Award
The Royal Inca Tunic: A Biography of an Andean Masterpiece (Princeton University Press, 2024) by Andrew James Hamilton is the Winner of the R. L. Shep Memorial Book Award for ...
Textiles as Living Memory: Reflections on Six Months in India
Author: Ai Kijima When I arrived in Udaipur in October 2024, the city was alive with Diwali celebrations. Candles glowed in doorways and courtyards, marking the festival of light. It ...
A Letter from the Executive Director
Dear TSA Community, As I approach the ten-month mark as TSA’s Executive Director, I’ve been reflecting on how much we’ve already accomplished together and the possibility that lies ahead. Stepping ...
TSA Textile Research Travel Grant Award Recipient Article: Francisco Álvarez Montoya and the Indigo Tradition of the Barrio de los Mexicanos in San Cristóbal de Las Casas.
Author: Katarin María Laruelle Aránguiz Edited by: Jennifer Pellman This is a members only article. Become a member [memberonly] The Barrio de los Mexicanos was founded by the Mexicas (Aztecs), ...
Tender as Needlework: Remembering Through Cloth and Care
Author: Suzanna James A Reflection by a TSA Student and New Professional Scholarship Award Recipient I was running late, last autumn in London, and didn’t expect to arrive home already ...
Student/New Professional Award Recipient Reports, Fall 2025 edition
The Student/New Professional Award was established by TSA’s Board of Directors (2004-2006) to support and encourage students and new professionals in the textile field to attend the biennial Symposium. The ...
Narrative Threads: Weaving New Pathways for Textile Knowledge
Authors: Sarah Molina and Matthew Raj Webb The packed virtual room at the Textile Society of America’s “Shifts and Strands” symposium on November 15, 2024, buzzed with anticipation as our ...
Craftsmanship and Intention; The American Woolen Company’s Revival
Author: A. Zarinah Nuri This is a members only article. Become a member Jacob Long inspecting a woven cloth. Image courtesy of American Woolen Company. [memberonly] In my conversation with ...
Knitting Without Turning: a Self-Taught Bidirectional Method
Author: Alessandra Massa Edited by: Jennifer Pellman This is a members only article. Become a member [memberonly] A completed lace panel worked in yellow silk using the author’s method. The ...
From Chios to Lvov: Silk, Symbolism, and the Puzzle of the Inverted Inscription
Author: Piotr Wesolowski This is a members only article. Become a member [memberonly] The 1698 Lvov Parochet, Chios, silk brocade and embroidery.Image credit courtesy: Museum of Ethnography and Craft, Lviv, ...
Expanding the Canopy: Experimentation + Connection at TSA’s 2024 Symposium
Author: Sam Simons Receiving the Textile Society of America’s generous Student/New Professional Award allowed me to participate in the 2024 symposium, “Shifts & Strands.” This support was instrumental in my ...
Bound in Stitches: A Brief Guide to Common Bookbinding Stitches
Author: Harikleia Sirmans Edited by: Jennifer Pellman This is a members only article. Become a member [memberonly] Bookbinding is the process of attaching individual paper leaves or folded sheets into ...