2020: 17th Biennial; Hidden Stories/Human Lives
2018: 16th Biennial; The Social Fabric: Deep Local to Pan Global
2016: 15th Biennial; Crosscurrents: Land, Labor, and the Port
2014: 14th Biennial; New Directions: Examining the Past, Creating the Future
2012: 13th Biennial; Textiles and Politics
2010: 12th Biennial; Textiles and Settlement: From Plains Space to Cyberspace
2008: 11th Biennial; Textiles as Cultural Expressions
2006: 10th Biennial; Textile Narratives and Conversations
2004: 9th Biennial; Appropriation, Acculturation, Transformation
2002: 8th Biennial; Silk Roads, Other Roads
2000: 7th Biennial; Approaching Textiles, Varying Viewpoints
1998: 6th Biennial; Creating Textiles: Makers, Methods, Markets
1996: 5th Biennial; Sacred and Ceremonial Textiles
1994: 4th Biennial; Contact, Crossover, Continuity
1992: 3rd Biennial; Textiles in Daily Life
1990: 2nd Biennial; Textiles in Trade
1988: 1st Biennial; Textiles as Primary Sources

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2010

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Color and Pattern: Tribal and Contemporary Ikats of India and Laos, Concurrent Exhibitions and Lentz Center for Asian Culture

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Anna Von Mertens: AZMT & Aura, Concurrent Exhibitions and The Project Room

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New Material World: Rethreading Technology, Concurrent Exhibitions and The Sheldon Museum of Art

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Surrounded: Large and Small Work by Lillian Elliott Awardees, Concurrent Exhibitions and Tugboat Gallery

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Fueled by Silk: Victorian Crazy Quilt Mania, Patricia Cox Crews

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Woven Color in China/ The Five Colors in Chinese Culture and Polychrome Woven Textiles, Zhao Feng

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View From The Shoulders Of Thar Masters: New Space For Ply-Split Braiding, David W. Fraser

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The Fiber of Our Lives: A Conceptual Framework for Looking at Textiles’ Meanings, Beverly Gordon

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Trousseaux: From Weaving Handwoven Textiles to Collecting Mass Commodities, Kimberly Hart

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The Landscape Tapestries of Louise Nevelson, 1972-1997, Ann Hedlund

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Future Reliquaries, Barbara Heller

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JACQUARD: A LOOM OF OPPORTUNITY WORKSHOP, Julie Holyoke

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Spin Artists, and How the Internet Fuels the Art Yarn Movement, Tracy P. Hudson

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Morphological Differences Between Ramie and Hemp: How These Characteristics Developed Different Procedures in Bast Fiber Producing Industry, Min Sun Hwang

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Mapping Textile Space: Stitched and Woven Terrains, Elizabeth Ingraham

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Geometric Abstraction in pre-Columbian Tapestry and its Enduring Influence, Susan Iverson

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Digital Costume Display, Katia Johansen

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Walnut Dye for Wool and Silk and Development of a Color Palette for a Product Line, Anjali Karolia

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Handwork as a Conceptual Strategy, Jane Kidd

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Artisanal Textile Manufacturing, Bethanne Knudson

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The Way of Sami Duodji: From Nomadic Necessity to Trademarked Lifestyle, Desiree Koslin

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Low Tech Transmission: European Tapestry to High Tech America, Christine Laffer

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FIGURED VELVETS FROM SIMPLE LOOMS: VELVET PICK-UP AND RELATED TECHNIQUES FOR HANDWEAVERS, Wendy Landry

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Kitab al-Hadaya wa al-Tuhaf: A Unique Window on Islamic Textiles, Wendy Landry

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Order and Complexity in My Woven Work, Janice Lessman-Moss

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Invisible No More: The Embellished Abaya in Qatar, Christina Lindholm

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Contemporary Interpretation of an Unusual Navajo Weaving Technique, Connie Lippert

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Colcha Embroidery as Cartography: Mapping Landscapes of Memory and Passage, Suzanne P. MacAulay

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Synthetic Fibers, Showy Cars and Sportshirts: Liberating the Fashion Spirit of “the man in the gray flannel suit”, Diane Maglio

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New Insights from the Archives: Historicizing the Political Economy of Navajo Weaving and Wool Growing, Kathy M'Closkey

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Tradition Embraces “The New”: Depictions of Modernity on Japanese Kurume E-gasuri Futon-ji, Ann Marie Moeller

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Shipibo Textile Practices 1952-2010, Claire Odland and Nancy Feldman

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OF GODS AND GANGS: INDIGO AS A NEW EDUCATIONAL MODEL, Jenny Balfour Paul

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Cutting Through the Surface: The Use of Laser Cutting Technology with Traditional Textile Process, Jessica Payne

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Tracing Cochineal Through the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum, Elena Phipps and Nobuko Shibayama

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Velvetweaving Today: A Worldwide Overview, Barbara Setsu Pickett

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THE SACRED YELLOW, Bina Rao

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What’s Old is New Again: Carved Board Clamped Resist Dyeing, Jay Rich, Ana Lisa Hedstrom, Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, and Elin Noble

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Development of a Personal and Non-Pictorial Style in Contemporary Tapestry, Michael F. Rohde

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Metalling with Fibers: A Design Series Exploring the Reuse of Metal Findings Through the Use of Technology, Eulanda A. Sanders

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Red Gold - Raising Cochineal in Oaxaca, Eric Chávez Santiago and Hector Manuel Meneses Lozano

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Woven Images: All Techniques Considered, Tommye McClure Scanlin

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Urban Textiles: From Yarn Bombing to Crochet Ivy Chains, Ruth Scheuing

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Sustaining the Magnificent Craft of Songket Weaving in Malaysia, June Ngo Siok Kheng

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From Traditional to Digital Tools, Grethe Sorensen

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Traversing Locality/Navigating Borders, Kelly Thompson

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Cloth Settlers: Fine Art Dolls Populating the Textile Art Landscape, Shelley Thornton

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Hooked: Between Personal and Public Space, Patricia Tinajero

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Chinese Blue and White Itajime (Jiaxie): Folk Tradition of Carved Board Clamp Resist Dyeing in Zenjiang Province, Tomoko Torimaru and Ana Lisa Hedstrom

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Locating Textile Arts Pedagogy: Do we ever settle?, Mary Lou Trinkwon

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Performing the Quilt: The Block to the Blog and Back Again, Sarah E. Tucker

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Zaher va Baten: Outer Form and Inner Meaning in Iranian Textile Designs, James Turner

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Woven Blooms of Nationalism: Russian Handwoven Tapestry-Technique Shawls 1825-1855, Tanya Wetenhall

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Coast Salish Textiles: From ‘Stilled Fingers’ to Spinning an Identity, Eileen Wheeler

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The Grid, Weaving, Body and Mind, Syniva Whitney

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Capturing the Landscape : Textiles for the Australian Fashion Industry, Liz Williamson

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A A Rice Sacks Secrets: Once Hidden from Ourselves and Others, Flo Oy Wong

2008

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11th Biennial Symposium Program, Part 1, Textiles as Cutlural Expressions

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About TSA

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Abstracts

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Author Biographies

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Copyright and Disclaimer

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Table of Contents

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The use of trapezoidal tunics with curved warp borders as a means to define the Pica Tarapacá cultural group of Northern Chile (900-1200 AD), Carolina Agüero

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The use of trapezoidal tunics with curved warp borders as a means to define the Pica Tarapacá cultural group of Northern Chile (900-1200 AD), Carolina Agüero

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Soft or Modern? Delineating Curtains in Domestic Interiors of Modern Architecture, Açalya Allmer

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Soft or Modern? Delineating Curtains in Domestic Interiors of Modern Architecture, Açalya Allmer

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Omoshirogara Textile Design and Children’s Clothing in Japan 1910-1930, Jacqueline M. Atkins

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Omoshirogara Textile Design and Children’s Clothing in Japan 1910-1930, Jacqueline M. Atkins

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Mending as Metaphor: Contemporary Fiber and Cultural Change, Mary Babcock

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Mending as Metaphor: Contemporary Fiber and Cultural Change, Mary Babcock

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A Stitch in Time: New Embroidery, Old Fabric, Changing Values, Annin Barrett

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A Stitch in Time: New Embroidery, Old Fabric, Changing Values, Annin Barrett

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Catching the Light, Catching the Waves: The Suzani Collection of Doris Duke at Shangri La in Honolulu, Hawai‛i, Carol Bier

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Catching the Light, Catching the Waves: The Suzani Collection of Doris Duke at Shangri La in Honolulu, Hawai‛i, Carol Bier

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Norwegian Natural dyeing: Art, Craft, Gender and Innovation - Natural dyes as a Tradition in Norway, Mette Biering

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Norwegian Natural dyeing: Art, Craft, Gender and Innovation - Natural dyes as a Tradition in Norway, Mette Biering

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Introduction, Reiko Brandon and Tom Klobe

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Social Cohesion and Cultural Expressions: The Case of the Sacred Textiles in the Armenian Orthodox Churches of Istanbul, Marlene R. Breu and Ronald T. Marchese

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Social Cohesion and Cultural Expressions: The Case of the Sacred Textiles in the Armenian Orthodox Churches of Istanbul, Marlene R. Breu and Ronald T. Marchese

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Silent Needles, Speaking Flowers: The Language of Flowers as a Tool for Communication in Women’s Embroidery in Victorian Britain, Mary Brooks

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Claudy Jongstra: Transmitting Craft Heritage through Contemporary Architecture, Susan Brown

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Claudy Jongstra: Transmitting Craft Heritage through Contemporary Architecture, Susan Brown

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A Poem is a Robe and a Castle: Inscribing Verses on Textiles and Architecture in the Alhambra, Olga Bush

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A Poem is a Robe and a Castle: Inscribing Verses on Textiles and Architecture in the Alhambra, Olga Bush

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The Colour of Women’s Culture: Natural Dyeing as Self-Expression in America, Japan, Norway and Australia, Karen Diadick Casselman

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The Colour of Women’s Culture: Natural Dyeing as Self-Expression in America, Japan, Norway and Australia, Karen Diadick Casselman

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Chinchorro Twined Shrouds, Vicki Cassman, Nancy Odegaard, and Bernardo Arriaza

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Chinchorro Twined Shrouds, Vicki Cassman, Nancy Odegaard, and Bernardo Arriaza

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Embroidering the Golden Chersonese: Metallic Thread Needlework in the Malay Peninsula, Hwei-Fe’n Cheah

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Embroidering the Golden Chersonese: Metallic Thread Needlework in the Malay Peninsula, Hwei-Fe’n Cheah

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From Construction to Ritual Function: An Exploration of New Guinea Fiber Masterworks, Jill D’Alessandro and Christina Hellmich

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From Construction to Ritual Function: An Exploration of New Guinea Fiber Masterworks, Jill D’Alessandro and Christina Hellmich

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“Revisiting the Ocucaje Opened Tunic from the Textile Museum; Washington, D.C.: Textile Models and the Process of Imitation”, Sophie Desrosiers

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“Revisiting the Ocucaje Opened Tunic from the Textile Museum; Washington, D.C.: Textile Models and the Process of Imitation”, Sophie Desrosiers

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Atlas Today: Patterns of Production, Bazaars and Bloomingdales Uzbekistan and Xinjiang, China, Mary M. Dusenbury

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Atlas Today: Patterns of Production, Bazaars and Bloomingdales Uzbekistan and Xinjiang, China, Mary M. Dusenbury

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Industrial Production and the Hand Process: Making a Bridge, Catharine Ellis

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Industrial Production and the Hand Process: Making a Bridge, Catharine Ellis

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Silent Needles, Speaking Flowers: The Language of Flowers as a Tool for Communication in Women’s Embroidery in Victorian Britain, Christen Elaine Ericsson and Mary Brooks