Art by Medium: Thread

A silk and gold thread embroidery of titles. Japan's textile industry was one of the first to adopt Western science and technology, and thus the Meiji era produced some of the highes...

Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade (American, 20th Century) Mixed Technique Textile Art Dye painted and printed on cotton fabric, machine and hand stitched, fused metal foil (gold leaf). 2002 'North Woods Suite' This listing is for one piece. i am showing a picture of all 4 so you can see them. I currently have the 4 available. Dimensions: 36.25 X 36.25 frame. Quilt is 28 X 28 inches Float mounted behind acrylic in wood frames bearing Fraas / Slade studio labels verso Collaborating artists Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade's work has always explored the relationship of ornamental surface and portrayal of landscape in quest of a sense beyond place. Recognized for developing techniques for screen printing and painting with dye on fabric, other mediums include paint and ink on paper, metal, and wood. Their work sits at the junction of fine and applied arts with an influence of naive and folk art. Their collaborative dialogue has been continuous since the mid 1970’s. Fraas-Slade’s work has been selected for some of the defining exhibitions that have influenced the field of Art Quilts: “The New American Quilt”; originating at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City in 1976, (along with Helen Bitar, Katherine Westphal, Radka Donnell, Anne Raymo) “The Art Quilt” at the Los Angeles Municipal Museum in 1986 (including Nancy Crow, Jean Hewes, Terrie Mangat, Jan Myers-Newbury, Theresa May, Pamela Studstill and Pauline Burbidge) and “Six Continents of Quilts: the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Art and Design,” NYC, touring internationally from 2002-2005. (the show included Jenny Hearn, Anne Marie Kenny, Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade, Susan Denton, Sanae Hattori, Joan Schultze, Jenny Hearn and Mary Baxter). Books where work is featured include : Paintings of Maine by Carl Little, American Quilts: the Democratic Art 1780-2007 by Robert Shaw, The Art Quilt by Robert Shaw, Quilts Today by Robert Shaw, The Art Quilt by Penny McMorris and Michael Kile and Art to Wear by Julie Schafler Dale. Fraas and Slade continue to teach and lecture on their work. Workshops have been taught at conferences, art centers and colleges including: Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, ME, Arrowmont School of Crafts, TN and the School of Visual Arts, NYC. In 1989 and 2003, the artist team received Maine Visual Artist Fellowships and in 1995 a National Endowment for the Arts/ New England Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship. Collections include the Philadelphia Museum, Baltimore Museum, MD, Peabody Essex Museum, Museum of Art and Design, NYC., the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska and the corporate collections of Fidelity Investments, Nuveen, IL., Hilton Corporation and Elmira College. Public collections in Maine include Portland Public Library, Department of Transportation, Department of Marine Resources and the University of Maine/Orono. In 1989 and 2003 the artist team received Maine Visual Artist Fellowships and in 1995 a National Endowment for the Arts/ New England Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship. There has been a huge surge of interest in textile and tapestry art led by Anni Albers, Sheila Hicks, El Anatsui, Judith Scott, Nick Cave, Tanya Aguiñiga, Faith Ringgold and Olga de Amaral. More museums are showing and collecting this work. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2018 - Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts 2011 - Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts 2010 - New Work, Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, 2009 - Island Images, Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, Nantucket, MA. 2007 - Watermarks, James Patrick Gallery, Wiscasset, ME; Frankie Weems Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC. Along the Coast, Maine Fiberarts Gallery, Topsham, ME Varieties of Disturbance. Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, ME 2005 - Nauticals, Gleason Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, ME 2003 - New Work, Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA 2001 - New Work, Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Selected Group Exhibitions 2020 - Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Community, Maine State Museum 2016 - Museum Collection: New Arrivals, Baltimore Museum of Art, Berman Gallery 2015 - Shared Sensibilities: The Piano Roll Project, Bates Mill Complex, Lewiston, ME 2014 - Masters: Contemporary Fiber Art, Maine Fiberarts Gallery, “Masters: Contemporary Fiber Art,” May - June 2013 - Layers: The John Walsh II Collection, Arnot Museum, Elmira College 2012 - Man-Made Quilts, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT Tribute to Ardis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, International Quilt Study Center/Museum 2011 - Instruct, The Studios at Key West Artpark 1974-1984, University of Buffalo Center for the Arts, 2009 - Reservoir, the John M. Walsh Collection, San Jose Museum of Quilts, San Jose, CA 2008 - Visual Systems, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Howard Gallery 2005 - Rooted in Tradition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO 2004 - Envision 20/20, Colby College Museum of Art Another Layer, Portland Museum of Art 2002 - The Portland Show, Greenhut Galleries Six Continents of Quilts, Museum of Art and Design, NYC, traveling to: National Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan Selected Collections Elmira College, Cowles Hall, commissioned by John Walsh III 2017 Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia, PA Museum of Art and Design, NYC Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Bowdoin College, Walker Art Museum, Brunswick, ME John Nuveen Inc. Chicago, Ill., commissions 1985, 1994, 2000, 2001 University of Nebraska, Lincoln International Quilt Study Center, The James Collection Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO Mass Mutual, Boston MA Waban, Inc. Boston, MA University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Selected Awards and Fellowships 2012- The Studios at Key West, artist residency 2008, 2007 - Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts. A.I.R. program 2007 - Robert M. MacNamara Foundation 2003, 1989 - Maine Visual Artist Fellowships 2004 - Maine Art Commission Good Idea Grant Selected Biography Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation, Bavor, Ellis, Sielman, Sider – 10/2018 Artpark: 1974-1984, Sandra Firmin, University of Buffalo Art Galleries /Princeton Architectural 2010 Masters: Art Quilts Volume 2, Sterling Publications, 2011 American Quilts: The Democratic Art 1750-2007 by Robert Shaw- Sterling Press 2009 Paintings of Maine, by Carl Little and Arnold Skolnick, Downeast Press, 2006 Six Continents of Quilts, The Museum of Art and Design Collection, 2005 Contemporary Art Quilts...

"Desert Boots" is an original needlepoint embroidery and vintage object artwork measuring approx. 5"h x 9.5"w x 11"d made by Ulla-Stina Wikander. Ulla-St...

"Turtleneck (two)" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Eustace Mamba. This sewn mixed media and oil paint on stretched canvas artwork measures 28”h x 26”w. It ships with a gallery-i...

This piece titled "Coin Cunt XXXVI" is an original artwork made from kiss-lock coin purses and thread by Suzanna Scott. This piece measures approx. 4"x4", size varies Suzanna Scott ...

This sculpture titled "You Are Here: White" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of thread scraps & acrylic on panel. Kozma's work is supported by her practice of collectin...

In this contemporary botanical textile artwork, a white oak leaf is composed of delicately stitched donated clothing, textiles, notions, and guitar string ball-ends, in dark brown, d...

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This contemporary mixed media botanical artwork by Donna Sharrett is comprised of fabric, trimming, thread, guitar strings and ball-ends, and framed in museum glass with all archival...

Geometry of Hope: Moss Lichen is an intricate wall-mounted sculpture by Jeanne Heifetz that blurs the boundaries between drawing, fiber art, and contemporary sculpture. Slender green...

"No Heroes" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Eustace Mamba. This oils, acrylics, sewn mixed media on canvas sculpture measures 38"h x 24"w x 21"d and ships with a gallery-issued C...

"The Wizard, (Young Buck)" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Eustace Mamba. This sewn mixed media and oils on dropcloth painting measures 36"h x 17"w and ships with a gallery-issue...

"Chasing a Late Dream" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Eustace Mamba. This oils, acrylic, sewn tissue paper, paper, and found materials on canvas painting measures 40"h x 30"w an...

"Fallen Angels" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Eustace Mamba. This sewn mixed media and oils on dropcloth painting measures 36"h x 48"w and ships with a gallery-issued Certifica...

"Knights (Hope)" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Eustace Mamba. This oils, acrylic, and sewn mixed media on dropcloth painting measures 30”h x 30”w and ships with a gallery-issue...

"Globe" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Ashley Catharine Smith. This artwork is a 1/1 film photograph embellished with hand embroidery. This piece measures 13”h x 13”w and ships...

"Luminous Density" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Eustace Mamba. This oils, acrylics, sewn mixed media, jute rope, nylon, dropcloth, canvas, magazine clippings, paint marker, gr...

"Hearin’ Tha Spirit [3]" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Eustace Mamba. This oils, acrylic, and sewn mixed media on dropcloth painting measures 8”h x 8”w and ships with a gallery...

The ambitious exercise of working with techniques such as large-format embroidery only exacerbates the perfection of detail through the change of scale. What was once the page of a b...

"Life on the Line" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Eustace Mamba. This sewn mixed media artwork measures 38"h x 24"w and is signed en verso. It ships with a gallery-issued Certi...

Rachel Hellmann Tack, 2023 Fabric, yarn, thread, Dura-lar, paint 17 x 14 in. (19 x 16 in. framed with white frame) $2200. Rachel Hellmann’s Tack (2023) is a contemporary abstract m...

"Yellow Headphones" is an original piece by Ulla-Stina Wikander that can be a free standing or wall mounted sculpture with variable arrangements. This piece is made from vintage need...

Plumb, 2026, fabric, thread, pins, paint, plastic, 8 x 7 in. (13 x 12 in. framed) In her framed works, Linda Kamille Schmidt plays with emotional connections and memory — each collag...

Rachel Hellmann By Hand, 2023 Fabric, yarn, thread, Dura-lar, paint 17 x 14 in. (framed 19 x 16 in.) (RH02) $2250. In By Hand (2023), Rachel Hellmann combines translucent Dura-lar, ...

Linda Kamille Schmidt Patch, 2026 mixed media fabric collage 13 x 12 in. with mat: 16.5 x 16 in. (LSH087). $1200 In Patch, Linda Kamille Schmidt brings together an exuberant assort...

"Night Bus" is a one-of-a-kind piece by Eustace Mamba measuring 48"h x 60"w x 1.5"d. This piece is part of Mamba's ongoing cityscape series and is made with oil, acrylic, sewn paper...

Framed in a clear UV acrylic shadowbox, Catherine Latson's contemporary wall-mounted fiber sculpture Specimen 25 reads as an artistic rendition of a beautiful sea specimen. Rich, jew...

Julien Tomasello is a multi-disciplinary artist based in San Francisco Bay, CA. Collage is one of Julien’s main forms of art. His collage works are ...

Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around questions of trust, inte...

This piece titled "Lady Liberty is an original piece by Han Cao and is made from hand embroidery on found vintage postcard from the 1960s, with cotton thread. This piece measures 11...

Not signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Not signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Not signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Not signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Not signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Not signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Not signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Not signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Not signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Barcelona native artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to textiles. De La Torre allows the materials to take over during the process and collabor...

This piece titled "And Then There Were Two" is an original piece by Lindzeanne and is made from hand embroidery, white cotton thread, and antique textiles This piece measures 17.25”h...

"Piper's Cloth" Textile Painting 114" x 35" inch by Neama El Sanhoury Medium: fabric appliqué on linen mesh ATT: ships rolled in a tube "INHERITANCE" series: Neama’s unique metho...

Not Signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Not Signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Not Signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around...

A group of leaves in various shapes are composed of delicately stitched donated clothing, textiles, notions, buttons and guitar string ball-ends, in a soft palette of pale salmon, pi...

Not Signed. Jo Stealey is a full-time studio artist, Professor Emerita, former Chair of the Department of Art, and founding Director for the School of Visual Studies at the Universit...

This piece titled "The Yarn We Spin" is an original piece by Danielle Clough, as part of her recent solo exhibition "Crewel Intentions", featuring highly textured and embroidered por...

This piece titled "Fiber Truck - PHD Edition" is an original piece by Han Cao. It is made from cotton embroidery thread, plastic stitching canvas, painted wooden spools, acrylic disp...

This piece titled "Fiber Truck - PHD Edition" is an original piece by Han Cao and is made from cotton embroidery thread, plastic stitching canvas, painted wooden spools, acrylic disp...

Not signed. Hannah Reeves is a Missouri native and holds an MFA in fibers from the University of Missouri. Her work explores themes of memory and the passage of time, utilizing a ran...

Not signed. Hannah Reeves is a Missouri native and holds an MFA in fibers from the University of Missouri. Her work explores themes of memory and the passage of time, utilizing a ran...

Fonfria's work explores human behavior and social rules with a critical eye and humor, touching on personal themes such as dreams, fears, and memories. The images come from old magaz...

"Express Train" is an original piece by Eustace Mamba and measures 36"h x 48"w x 1.5"d. This piece is made from cutting and sewing loose canvas and found materials together. Mamba cr...

This fabric work titled "Time Warp" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery, colored pencil & acrylic paint on paper. The piece measures 15”h by 15”w framed...

This piece titled "Liberty Bell" is an original piece by Han Cao and is made from hand embroidery on a found vintage postcard from the 1940s, with cotton thread. This piece measures...

This contemporary, mixed media textile mandala by Donna Sharrett combines guitar string ball-ends, clothing, needlework, jewelry, and thread, and is framed in a square 10 x 10 inch l...

Butterfly with Mended Wing is a study of the human condition and the work we all do in our own lives to belong more fully to ourselves. The red stitch on the wing is symbolic of our ...

Barcelona native artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to material. De La Torre allows the materials to take over during the process and collabor...