This Long Thread

<b><b>Celebrate the diverse work of people of color in the craft community and explore the personal political and creative potential of textile arts and crafts.</b></b><br><br>In early 2019 the craft community experienced a reckoning when crafters of color began sharing personal stories about exclusion and racial injustice in their field pointing out the inequity and lack of visible diversity within the crafting world. Author Jen Hewett who is one of a few prominent women of color in the fiber crafts community now brings together this book as a direct response to the need to highlight the diverse voices of artists working in fiber arts and crafts.<br>&#160;<br>Weaving together interviews first-person essays and artist profiles <i>This Long Thread</i> explores the work and contributions of people of color across the fiber arts and crafts community representing a wide spectrum of race age region cultural identity education and economic class. These conversations explore techniques and materials belonging identity pride of place cultural misappropriation privilege the value (or undervaluing) of craft community support structures recognition or exclusion intergenerational dialogue and much more.<br><br>Be inspired by the work and stories of innovative people of color who are making exceptional contributions to the world of craft. The diverse range of textile artists and craftspeople featured include knitters quilters sewers weavers and more who are making inspiring and innovative work yet who are often overlooked by mainstream media.<br>