Diasporic Threads - Black Women, Fibre and Textiles
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Revised edition.
Written by Sharbreon Plummer.
Edited by Laura Moseley and Chris Shortt.
Design by Scarlett Ryan and Chris Shortt. Illustrations and first edition design by Saffa Khan.
An invigorating survey of Black women textile artists, celebrating their vital contributions to cultural and social histories through fiber-related mediums.
Historically ignored or overlooked in surveys of art history, Black women artists who work in fiber and textiles have often been further neglected – their artworks reduced to hobby or handiwork without proper consideration of their deeper significance. From rug-making and hand-felting to computational textiles, the work of seven contemporary artists offers a remedy. Explored through a series of interviews, Diasporic Threads collates their diverse practice in a potent reminder that anti-Blackness and misogynoir are global issues, contested and resisted at the intersections of race, art, and cultural memory.
The author, Dr. Sharbreon Plummer (Baton Rouge, LA), is an artist, strategist, and storyteller whose work centers the stories and creativity of Black women. Sharbreon's upbringing in southern Louisiana informs her interest in how culture and ancestral memory act as influencers of contemporary art-making. Sharbreon has worked for institutions such as the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Americans for the Arts, and the Embroiderers Guild of America.
Established in 2019 by Laura Moseley (she/they), Common Threads Press is a small press that specializes in radical histories of crafts and making. Based in Norwich, England, they publish zines, deliver workshops, and curate events that uplift the work of women, queer folk, and POC through the histories of their creative work. Common Threads publications are written collaboratively with early-career researchers, students, and academics from all around the world, who share a love and interest in craft histories.
Common Threads Press, 2022, softcover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches, 36 pages.
