Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 28-year-old fiber artist Fiona Simpson, who is neurodivergent, weaving is the one thing, "other than sitting down and ...

Plagued by the insecurities that come with a neurodivergent mind — “Am I dumb?” — fiber artist Fiona Simpson said she finds solace in her craft. “It reminds me of, in simple terms, putting one foot in ...

Artists like Sheila Hicks, Eva Hesse and Francoise Grossen brought the so called fiber arts—strings, ropes and fabric—into the contemporary lexicon by thinking big. Working in the same monumental ...

Havana-born fiber artist Aurora Molina’s vibrantly colorful works have never shied away from complex themes. Over the years the Miami-based artist and educator has used fiber-based artworks to grapple ...

SALISBURY — Learning from her mother how to use a sewing machine as a child, fiber artist Esther Rodgers got her start in textiles, she said, “making patchwork clothes and selling them at Phish ...

Faith Wilding, “Crocheted Environment” (1972/1995), Woolworth’s Sweetheart acrylic yarn and sisal rope, 108 x 108 x 108 inches (courtesy the Institute of ...

When someone thinks of knitting, quilting or crochet, they picture grandmothers knitting baby socks or quilts hanging in antique shops. But the ladies in the Fiber Artists of San Antonio aren't making ...