Five colorful tapestries hang in a row. They are intricately woven and suspended in a forest with green and brown foliage in the background and foreground. Marcos Kueh, Kenyalang Circus: Exotic Workers Series, 2023. Industrial woven recycled PET, dimensions vary. From the Surface Design Journal's Summer 2025 Issue, Modern Weavers/New Spirit

Surface Design Association

We at the Surface Design Association (SDA) promote awareness and appreciation of fiber art and support to artists and writers through publications, exhibitions, and events.

We are a community of thousands of textile artists, curators, educators, and enthusiasts across 40 countries and 6 continents. Our community encompasses the breadth and depth of contemporary artists and designers working with or inspired by fiber art and/or textile-based materials, methods, and techniques.

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Tufted yarn has been cut and collaged together in a large rectangle to mimic the forest floor. The green and brown yarn assemblage has been placed on a low table so it suspended above the ground. SDA Member Artist Emily Sullivan Smith, Placeholder for Posterity: Color Portrait of the Forest Floor, 2017-2019. Hand dyed cotton and bamboo yarn, nylon thread, wood, 47in x 26in x 9in.This is a composite image of tshirt and features the front and back views. The tshirt has been stitched with Supreme labels and Swiffer cloths in the front. An American flag has been stitched onto the back and drapes down. SDA Member Artist Dong Kyu Kim, Shape of You, 2021. Paper receipts, threads, microfiber cloths, American flag, 70in x 48in x 2in.A woman in white with dark hair is holding a golden object and has a halo around her head. The entire composition has been created using a digital weaving loom. SDA Member Artist Gabriela Nirino, Diana with halo, 2021. Digital weave, 105cm x 141cmOrange, red, green, and yellow bottle caps have been strung on string like beads and hung on a wall as an homage to hair braided and strung with pony beads. SDA Member Artist Theda Sandiford, Beaded Braids: Double Dutch, 2023. Cider Six Packs and various single use bottle caps strung and knotted with blue and white polyurethane rope, 55 x 72 x 8in.
Dorado 806 Projects
City, ST
08/13/2025 - 09/06/2025
Smoke The Cat
City, ST
08/28/2025 -
Art Cloth Network
City, ST
08/22/2025 - 08/28/2025
Gallery Gloria
City, ST
04/10/2026 - 06/13/2026

Craft Across America Digital Series