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Title This long thread [electronic resource eBook] : Women of color on craft, community, and connection. Jen Hewett.
Author Hewett, Jen.
PUBLISHER 2021.
Description 1 online resource


NOTE Electronic reproduction. New York : Roost Books, 2021. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 9190 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB).
Summary Celebrate the diverse work of people of color in the craft community and explore the personal, political, and creative potential of textile arts and crafts. In early 2019, the craft community experienced a reckoning when crafters of color began sharing personal stories about exclusion and racial injustice in their field, pointing out the inequity and lack of visible diversity within the crafting world. Author Jen Hewett, who is one of a few prominent women of color in the fiber crafts community, now brings together this book as a direct response to the need to highlight the diverse voices of artists working in fiber arts and crafts.   Weaving together interviews, first-person essays, and artist profiles, This Long Thread explores the work and contributions of people of color across the fiber arts and crafts community, representing a wide spectrum of race, age, region, cultural identity, education, and economic class. These conversations explore techniques and materials, belonging, identity, pride of place, cultural misappropriation, privilege, the value (or undervaluing) of craft, community support structures, recognition or exclusion, intergenerational dialogue, and much more. Be inspired by the work and stories of innovative people of color who are making exceptional contributions to the world of craft. The diverse range of textile artists and craftspeople featured include knitters, quilters, sewers, weavers, and more who are making inspiring and innovative work, yet who are often overlooked by mainstream media.  
Other edition Original 9781611808247
ISBN 9780834844063
STANDARD # 08A46311-6B40-43A6-80BE-7BC468ED2C30 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com