Textile TV 2021

Designer Soojin Kang

Soojin Kang discusses her work and her experience with using Clo 3d both as a designer and professor. In her talk Soojin will demonstrate using the Clo 3d and Shima Seiki Computer Knitting Software and show how revolutionized those computer programs in knitwear design in terms of sustainable production.

Soojin is an entrepreneur, designer, and educator based in NY. Soojin’ s work is at the intersection of Fashion and Technology within more than ten years of high-profile international fashion design experiences. She developed her knitwear career and became an expert and pioneer in computer knitting design and virtual simulation technology. Major fashion industries have tapped her expertise in specialized knit textile and virtual simulation design. Soojin’ s passion is sustainability and whole garment knitting design, and she has experience delivering innovation and technology to the fashion industry and academic environments using Shima Seiki Computer Knitting Software and Clo3d.

@parsonstextilesmfa @soojinkang1

White Rock Center For Sculptural Arts Summer Invitational III Textiles Artist Panel

This year, White Rock Center for Art’s thematic Summer Invitational III: Textiles invites artists to mount a temporary outdoor installation that considers textile’s relationship to natural elements; wind, water, light, earth, space, and perception. The included artists examine textiles in various and expansive ways as subject/material and as content/form.

@bird_batho, @nattybax, @damiendavis, @frodadottir, @shantigrumbine, @rachelbhayes, @ritamacdonald, @amandacmathis, @kimkimkim.kim, @janisstemmermann, @scsunde, @rachelmicaweiss, @whiterockcenterforarts, @colin_ocon, @courtneygpuckett

Spanier Arbeit: Lily Homer and Elena Solomon
in Conversation with Layla Klinger

Spanier Arbeit, a unique form of metal bobbin lace, is the only known textile technique exclusive to Ashkenazi Jewish production and use. The only known production center was in Sasów, current day Ukraine, but to this day the origins of the craft remain unknown. The technique was kept secret, only passing through the Jewish craftspeople producing it. After rising to immense popularity in the latter half of the 19th century, the 20th century saw a steady decline in production - culminating in the Holocaust, where production in Eastern Europe ceased indefinitely.

Today, there are less than a handful of people known to be able to produce Spanier Arbeit lace.

Join us in a conversation with artist Lily Homer and researcher Elena Solomon, interviewed by artist Layla Klinger, where we will try to make sense of the history, meaning, and current day significance of Spanier Arbeit.

The Impact of Stillness Within an Active Studio Practice, Artist Talk with Courtney Puckett

40 min talk with Courtney Puckett followed by Q & A: Presentation of past and current work as well as studio tour.

Courtney Puckett is a Hudson Valley artist who lived and worked in Brooklyn for 15 years. Her human-scale, found object and repurposed textile assemblages integrate sculpture and craft practices. She earned a BFA from MICA, MFA from Hunter College, was an Artist-in-Residence in LMCC’s Workspace Program and a Full Fellowship recipient at Vermont Studio Center. She has participated in exhibitions across the country, collaborated with Neville Dance Studio for Norte Maar’s “Counterpointe” series and curated “Drawing for Sculpture” at TSA NY. She is a part-time faculty at Parsons School of Design and FIT. In 2019, she was a Faculty Artist at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence in Community Research with River Valley Arts Collective.