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Sacred Black Dye with Aboubakar Fofana

April 19th, 2025
This piece contains excerpts from Beyond the Blueness from TATTER Journal Issue 3, written by Aboubakar Fofana. Additional words by Aboubakar Fofana and Elliot Rockart

Embroidered handkerchief with word "mother"

Collection Spotlight Katherine Amirkarian

May 12th, 2024

Goodrich zipper boots for women.

History and Future of the Zipper

April 29th, 2024

Ornate embroidered Japanese Temari balls.

Temari (手まり) Collection of Stephen Szczepanek

Words by Stephen Szczepanek
March 8th, 2024

Women's work through the ages.

Women’s Work: The Hands Which Guide My Own

By Elliot Rockart
March 8th, 2024

Quilt book by Janneken Smucker.

A New Deal For Quilts

January 30th, 2024

Two women in elegant dresses pose indoors.

Ann Lowe: A Couturier to Remember

December 14, 2023
Words by Elizabeth Way

Colorful fabric with intricate stitching.

Tatreez and the Palestinian Thobe

November 4, 2023
Words by Elliot Rockart

Red fabric with gold and silver embroidery.

Shana Tovah!

September 15, 2023

Dark blue book with Japanese title.

Acquisition Spotlight: Katie Han’s Through the Lotus Gate

August 1, 2023