Textiles

Scholarship winner has designs on future in textiles

9 Feb 2012

A YOUNG Dubbo student yesterday received a $500 scholarship for her outstanding textile designs.

On Art: Deceptive 'Textility' weaves its magic through VACNJ

9 Feb 2012

Textility, which just opened at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit, shows basically two kinds of art objects: "Paintings Without Paint and Textiles Without Thread," writes Joanne Mattera, who co-curated the show with VACNJ curator Mary Birmingham.

Chemical Clothes: The Toxic Truth About What’s in the Textiles We Wear

8 Feb 2012

Fungicides, chemical dyes, fixers, stain resistors and fire retardants make up the toxic cocktail present in the clothes we buy.