Sharktooth is collaborating with Common Loom to create a month-long event, ‘beyond repair.’ This event showcases the process of unraveling a worn-through rag rug from Sharktooth’s collection, transforming its composition, and weaving it anew at Common Loom. Throughout, we will document our process and share each step in the rag rug’s renewal.

Follow our process online, visit us at Sharktooth during September shop hours, and join us on September 30 for a celebratory reception and viewing of our transformed rag rug alongside beautiful, utilitarian antique rag rugs from Sharktooth’s collection.

Rag rugs have been a key part of domestic recycling systems for much of their history. After a rug’s warp has worn through, its fabric weft can often be salvaged and woven anew. This process extends the life of the materials and offers an intimate lens into the life of the original weaver. ‘beyond repair' invites us to consider themes of regeneration, transformation, and renewal alongside the ethics of stewardship, care, and repair.

Visit us at Sharktooth during shop hours: 111 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY | Tues. – Sun. 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Follow our process at www.sharktooth.nyc and on Instagram: @_sharktooth_ and @commonloomstudio

Register below to attend our ‘beyond repair’ celebration and viewing at Sharktooth on Saturday, September 30, 6-8pm

Sharktooth, co-owned by Kellen Tucker and Lorenza Lattanzi, carefully sources and repairs antique textiles to nurture their continued use. Mae Colburn’s work with Common Loom explores the expressive, connective potential of rag rug weaving. This is our first collaboration.

Join us on Thursday, September 28th to learn more about the rich history of Navajo Weaving from Master Weavers, Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas. Two Grey Hills Tapestry Weaver Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas are Tabaaha (Water Edge Clan) and born for the To’aheedliinii (Two Waters Flow Together Clan). Lynda and Barbara were raised along with their siblings at the Two Grey Hills Trading Post. Barbara and Lynda draw on their family and clan connections to offer insight into the world of Navajo rugs. Join us for this special event with two world renowned Diné artists and learn how their creative practice is preserving their cultural craft for future generations.

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Barbara Teller Ornelas (Diné) is a fifth-generation master Navajo weaver and culture bearer who sold her first rug when she was only 10 years old. Her father Sam Teller (1918–2000) was a Diné (Navajo) trader for 32 years and her mother, Ruth Teller (1928–2014), was a weaver, gardener, quilter, and photographer. When Ornelas was 10, her paternal grandmother dreamt that her granddaughter would become a great weaver who shared their traditions around the world. Fifty-six years later, Ornelas has not only honed her artistry as a Two Grey Hills weaver but shared it with audiences all over the world in the form of workshops, lectures, and exhibitions. In 2023, Barbara was awarded the United States Artists Fellowship in Traditional Arts.

Lynda Teller Pete (Diné) is an award-winning fifth-generation weaver who is best known for using a traditional Two Grey Hills regional style. The belief that beauty and harmony should be woven into every rug was instilled in her from the age of six, when Pete was officially introduced to weaving. Along with her weaving, she collaborates with art centers, guilds, museums, universities, and other venues to educate the public about Diné (Navajo) history and the preservation of Navajo weaving traditions. Together with her sister Barbara Teller Ornelas, she wrote Spider Woman’s Children: Navajo Weavers Today (2018), the first book written about Diné weavers by Diné weavers since the time of Spanish and colonial contacts, as well as How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman (2020). Pete is the Director of Equity and Inclusion at the Textile Society of America and a 2022-2023 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow.

In this one-day exhibition, Aoi Yoshizawa will showcase her art and design work at the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York.

She will present her own custom looms from her long-term project I AM A WEAVER - an artistic research and technical experiment in hand weaving. In this project she has been investigating traditional weaving methods and reinterpreting them into contemporary practices. Her loom installations are created by combining different ancient techniques with various materials.

Her design work from collaborations with various companies such as the Finnish textile company Lapuan Kankurit will also be on display. Aoi's patterns and woven textiles are inspired by life in the Helsinki archipelago.

Visit the exhibition and meet Aoi - the exhibition will also be a space for discussions about her artwork and creative process.

Space is limited, so please RSVP! The Finnish Cultural Institute is almost opposite the New Museum.

Learn More www.aoiyoshizawa.com

@moiaoi

Aoi Yoshizawa is a textile artist and designer based in Helsinki, Finland. She engages in experimental processes that apply traditional weaving techniques to contemporary woven textiles. Her artistic practice is motivated by the repetitive actions, mechanisms and time consuming nature of the interlacing technique.

Originally from Japan, Aoi has lived in Nordic countries since 2006. She graduated from Aalto University in 2015 (MA) and the Bergen National Academy of Arts in 2011 (BFA). She currently works in a studio on the small island of Harakka in Helsinki. During September and October of 2023 she is an artist in residence at the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York.

More and more artists are considering the impact of the materials that they use in their work.There is an increasing interest in the use of natural fibers and botanical dyes, as well as textile waste, found objects and other discarded materials and plastics. The workshop will be held outside in the Carl Shultz Park. This workshop will engage the textile world with the world of sustainability through creative and sustainable use of textile techniques with foraged and grown fiber as well as waste products and objects found in the environment. In addition to a stand-alone loom, cardboard, paper plates and wire mesh will serve as looms. Warp and weft will be foraged material provided, as well as what surrounds us. Fiber Art enriches our lives. It is the goal of this workshop to encourage artists and other attendees to think about the impact that our current lifestyle has on the environment and how they might incorporate material that otherwise would be discarded into their textile art.

Learn More www.intertwinearts.org

@intertwinearts

Founded in 2015 Intertwine Arts, formerly known as SAORI Arts NYC, is a Non-Profit Organization that serves people with disabilities and their families through hands-on SAORI weaving. Our accessible programs allow people of all ages and abilities to engage in visual and tactile exploration with yarn and to create projects including tapestries, fiber for clothing, and accessories such as pillows. SAORI, a contemporary hand weaving practice from Japan embodies a philosophy, which celebrates individuality and spontaneous beauty. Inspired by Zen tenets, SAORI weaving emphasizes exploration, improvisation, and self-expression.

Virginija Stigaite has a small studio in Vilnius, Lithuania. She will give a talk about sources of inspiration for her as a handweaver and designer of wall hangings and garments. Virginija draws strength and energy from nature as well as from various art forms, from Lithuania's history and her personal experience as a production weaver, from poetry and music, international travel and visits to the Lithuanian countryside - into oak groves, pine forests, villages and Baltic Sea shores. The talk will give attendees a chance to get an insight into Lithuanian culture and see Virginija's works. Also, Virginija will discuss the process of collaborating with Tokyo designers and Reykjavik shop owners and her new project with Japanese stitching masters, resulting in unique artworks and deepening respect for the artistry and multidimensionality of handmade items in Lithuania and Japan.

Learn More www.homofaber.com and nytys.company.site

@nytys_textile , @wearebaltic

Virginija Stigaite has a family tradition in textiles. She uses traditional techniques of weaving predominantly linen. Virginija is passionate about the creative process, from the choice of fibre through the finishing of each wall hanging or garment. She is driven to find new ways of combining fibres, experimenting with colors, textures and transparencies. The works she creates incorporate a rustic colour palette drawing inspiration from nature. Interaction with wilderness is core to her work, creating sustainable production. Virginija is represented by "WE ARE BALTIC" - the cluster of local creatives for home and lifestyle brands.

A community building tapestry weaving workshop:

Delve into the captivating world of tapestry weaving and unleash your innate creativity with the luxurious and versatile medium of yarn. With roots dating back thousands of years, tapestry weaving adheres to fundamental rules crucial for textile construction. This immersive, hands-on workshop is meticulously designed to lay the groundwork for tapestry weaving, igniting a lifelong journey of self-expression through the art of yarn. Aspiring weavers will learn how to conceive intricate tapestry designs, set up a small frame loom, master weaving techniques for diverse shapes and textures, experiment with various materials for distinct outcomes, and ultimately, achieve the artful completion of their tapestries. At the same time, it will introduce sustainable, slow making techniques with the use of discarded, dead-stock materials.

Valeria Maldonado is a Peruvian-born artist based in New York City. With a Bachelor's degree in architecture, she's currently pursuing an MFA in Textiles at Parsons School of Design. Valeria pushes the limits of textiles and architecture, breaking away from conventional norms. Her focus on feminist architectural principles is central to her work. Weaving takes centre stage in Valeria's craft. Techniques like plain weaving, basketry, along with natural dyeing and embroidery, contribute to her pieces. Through reimagining and repurposing natural and man-made materials, Valeria births three-dimensional "Textile models," that challenge norms and inspire innovative crafting.

Shaochi is born in Taiwan, where she received her BA in Fashion Design. She is now studying at Parsons and creating Textiles in New York. Her approach to making is guided by intuition and yet balanced with methodical discipline. It is often organic in form, but is unafraid of combining the natural with manmade. Although rigorous in the making process, there is always a purposeful subtle rawness in her work. For Shaochi, the surface texture of a work remains equally important as its sculptural shape.

Neha Bhide is an Indian textile artist based in New York, currently pursuing her MFA Textiles at Parsons School of Design. Her work focuses on researching the relationship of cotton, as seen through the lens of India's freedom struggle while drawing parallels between India and the United States to depict the effects of British colonialism on the textiles of the two countries. While her aim is to use sustainable, slow textile making processes to tell these stories, while looking at the context of 'khadi', a hand-spun and hand-woven fabric used to express self-reliance and self-governance during India's freedom struggle in 1918, and what it looks like in today's world.

Nikita Jain is an Indian Textile Designer and Natural Dyer currently pursuing MFA at Parsons School of Design, New York, blends tradition with innovation. Focused on reducing textile's ecological footprint, she extensively researches traditional textile methods and explores new fibers. Her creations harmoniously marry age-old practices with contemporary design. A sustainability advocate, Nikita seeks eco-friendly alternatives through natural dyeing. Her journey inspires environmentally conscious creativity, paving the way for a greener future in art and design.

Disability Hacks is a webinar series presented by Intertwine Arts and hosted by Ja’el Batyah and Chiaki O’Brien, that will explore the intersections of disabilities and the textile arts. Our speakers will draw from personal experiences to discuss supports that aid budding weavers with disabilities, as well as highlight the various chronic conditions that people commonly experience within a lifecycle. We will also talk about the creative process, and how it can be built to be accessible from the ground up, to promote everyone’s creativity.

SAORI Artist and studio owner Chiaki O’Brien will present with Ja'el, a weaving artist in the SAORI style and a special guest, to share experiences creating textile art with adults, highlighting the unique aesthetics and creation processes, as well as the adjustments made for the varied disabilities that appear within an adult audience.

Join us for a panel-style discussion exploring the intersections of disability, textiles, and teaching.

Learn More www.intertwinearts.org

The mission of Intertwine Arts is to inspire creativity, joy, and self-confidence through free-form weaving for people of all ages with disabilities or chronic illness.

Please join us for our fall Jewelry Detectives event, Dorothy Liebes: The Mystery of the Matching Cuffs–-with Charlotte von Hardenburgh, design historian and Research Fellow for the current exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Dorothy Liebes (1897–1972) was an American textile designer, weaver, and color authority. She had a profound influence across a variety of design fields, shaping American tastes in areas from interiors and transportation to industrial design, fashion, and film.

von Hardenburgh will introduce us to the “Liebes Look” which combined vivid color, lush texture, and often a glint of metallic. This combination also translated into Liebes’s own fashion philosophy, the “bright” of her ensembles was often a stunning Mexican silver necklace, a flamboyant brooch—or her signature matching metallic cuffs. Whose jewelry did Liebes wear and why? von Hardenburgh’s detective work will lead to a major discovery, along with surprising twists that round out this deep dive into Liebes’s powerful impact on twentieth century design.

A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes published by Cooper Hewitt and Yale University Press will be available for sale at this event.

Learn More www.thejewelrylibrary.com

@thejewelrylibrary

The Jewelry Library (TJL) is a collaborative space curated for jewelry people by jewelry people. Founded in 2018, TJL hosts a wide range of exhibitions, talks, and events all across the jewelry-spectrum, collaborating with both contemporary and vintage gallerists, artists, and collectors, as well as storytellers, historians, makers, and wearers. Along with an archive, library, and gallery space–which houses the TJL collection of books and jewelry–there is a penthouse space, The Great Room @ The Jewelry Library, for larger community gatherings, and next door, the new Shop@TJL, opening this fall.

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Come and weave with Suzanne Tick, Creative Director at Luum Textiles, at Tick Studio during New York Textile Month! Suzanne and her team will weave on two types of looms using recycled Luum textiles and yarns made from recycled garment waste. Much like Suzanne’s woven artwork and contract textiles, which are constructed from refuse materials, guests are encouraged to bring recycled materials to weave with: wire, twine, yarn, plastics, clothing, paper, old film or cassettes. Bring them pre-cut in continuous strips no wider than 1/2"."

Tick Studio specializes in materials brand strategy, product design, development and direction for textiles, floorcovering and architectural glass. It all starts at the loom.

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Worldwide Weaving Regions: Highlights and Issues is a Round Table Discussion, hosted by COVER in partnership with Label STEP at COVER Connect New York.

Rugs are still handwoven and knotted in many countries and regions, providing retailers and consumers with a rich, diverse and attractive palette of choices. This Round Table Discussion provides a whirlwind world tour through the main handmade rug weaving regions—from Marrakech to Mazar, Kabul to Kathmandu, Hindu Kush to the Himalayas—visiting Anatolia, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh on the way. Global trends and challenges will be presented, as well as country specific opportunities and issues. Participants are invited to share their experiences and insights, ask questions of industry insiders and discuss possible joint efforts to promote shared interests.

Learn More thecoverconnect.com/newyork

COVER Connect New York is an annual boutique trade show for high-end rug brands, curated and hosted by COVER magazine, in central Manhattan. Since 2005, COVER has been at the heart of the world of contemporary handmade rugs, serving buyers, architects and interior design professionals across the globe. At COVER Connect New York 2023, COVER will host two Round Table Discussions in partnership with Label STEP: a fair-trade non-profit organisation, founded in Switzerland in 1995, which is committed to the wellbeing of weavers and workers in the handmade carpet industry. Label STEP’s well-established and comprehensive requirements encompass universal human rights, including the prohibition of child labour; safe working conditions; fair wages; and sustainable, eco-friendly production.

The Invisible Dog will exhibit Jonathan Michaud’s textiles from his handwoven series Nesting, 2023. The textiles, woven in silk, paper, and jute, will be displayed in the window as part of the opening reception of The Invisible Dog’s 15th season. The opening will take place on September 9th, 6-9pm. The works will remain on view through the duration of New York Textile Month VIII.

The works will be on view from Sept 9th - September 30th

Learn More @michaud.studio

Jonathan Michaud has a BFA in Textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design and a MA in Textiles from The Royal College of Art. He has worked in New York in the interior design and textiles industry for over 20 years. His resume includes Martha Stewart, Peter Marino, and Yabu Pushelberg. He is currently the Head of Design for Soie de Lune, an interior textile line handwoven in Laos. He has been an artist at the Invisible Dog since 2020.

Sustainability Goals: The Rug Industry Working Together is a Round Table Discussion, hosted by COVER in partnership with Label STEP at COVER Connect New York.

In many regards the handmade rug industry is well positioned to respond to the demand for eco-friendly, sustainable products. Made using natural fibres, longevity is a key aspect of handmade rugs’ quality and design. However, there can be environmental harm connected to their production. Often, wastewater remains untreated; plastics are used for packaging; and long distances separate production sites and consumer markets, meaning transportation is commonly by air. This Round Table Discussion will present current approaches by Label STEP and stakeholders to minimise their environmental impact, discuss new ideas and identify areas of potential collaboration to create a greener rug industry.

Learn More thecoverconnect.com/newyork

COVER Connect New York is an annual boutique trade show for high-end rug brands, curated and hosted by COVER magazine, in central Manhattan. Since 2005, COVER has been at the heart of the world of contemporary handmade rugs, serving buyers, architects and interior design professionals across the globe. At COVER Connect New York 2023, COVER will host two Round Table Discussions in partnership with Label STEP: a fair-trade non-profit organisation, founded in Switzerland in 1995, which is committed to the wellbeing of weavers and workers in the handmade carpet industry. Label STEP’s well-established and comprehensive requirements encompass universal human rights, including the prohibition of child labour; safe working conditions; fair wages; and sustainable, eco-friendly production.

Textile Arts Center (TAC) is pleased to present “Way In / Way Out”, featuring works by Cycle 14 of Textile Arts Center’s Artist in Residence program, on view from 7-19 September 2023 at the Textile Arts Center.

Navigating intuitively, the artists of AIR14 create access points to pathways connecting collective consciousness. The series of works are connected by the desire to cross a portal, but as the fibers of an intricate weave they differentiate from each other highlighting each of the artist in residence perspectives and their way of imagining.

The artists draw from shared histories and unique experiences. Nature, ancestors, memory, personal archives, history, rituals, and mythology, are explored to imagine future possibilities and build alternate realities within our current landscape. The cohort are storytellers, exploring concepts of emotion, beauty, chaos, value, and protection, with heart and humor.

What does it mean to reflect from the portal? To stand at the entrance and look into the possibilities of being? To come out the other side transformed?

The Artists of TAC AIR14 - Cynthia Chang, Jasmine Murrell, Martina Cox, Kat Sours, Hekima Hapa, Madhura Nayak, M.E. Guadalupe Rubi, Paola De la Calle - invite you along the Way in / Way out.

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@textileartscenter

Textile Arts Center (TAC) is a NYC-based resource facility founded in 2009, dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of textiles through creative educational programs for children and adults. At TAC, we aspire to unite and empower the textile community and advocate for the handmade by providing accessible, skills-based classes that reinvigorate engagement with traditional crafts.

In celebration of New York Textile Month, join members of the New York Guild of Handweavers to see and experience the craft of handweaving at this drop-in event.

Inspired by the experimental and colorful weavings of Dorothy Liebes, currently on view in A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes, expert weavers from the guild will be on hand to demonstrate some of the weaving techniques and materials often used by Liebes and the weavers in her studio, including the hand-tied loop fringe technique. Weavers will be using materials inspired by Liebes, including reeds, leather, ribbons, and other unusual materials on their looms. There will be opportunities for visitors to try their hand at weaving themselves, if they wish.

The weave-in will be led by members of New York Guild of Handweavers, a 70–year-old non-profit dedicated to sharing the techniques and history of handweaving. Guild weavers will be on hand to demonstrate how to weave and answer any questions visitors may have about weaving.

This program is an all-day drop in event; visitors can stay as long as they like and can choose to try weaving if they are interested.

Learn More www.cooperhewitt.org

A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes is made possible by The Coby Foundation; The Decorative Arts Trust; the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, a program of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum; and the Terra Foundation for American Art.

The project received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Generous support is provided by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation; the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation; Mergentime Family Archive; and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, administered by the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation.

Support is also provided by Elizabeth Whelan, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and Patsy Orlofsky.