Amy Nguyen Textiles

06/26/2024

A wonderful way to begin the new year! I’m so grateful for the incredible community at Aya Fiber Studios. Looking forward to seeing you all!

We have an amazing group of instructors coming this year! It is hard to decide whose class you want to take!

Amy Nguyen Textiles, Atsushi Futatsuya, Betty Busby, Carol Anne Grotrian Quilts & Shibori
Claudia Lee Paper Gasali Adeyemo, Jiyoung Chung
Kevin Womack Lisa Binkley Fiber Art Lorraine Glessner Artist Mary Hark Marjolaine Arsenault Natalie Stopka R.A.W. Textiles( Rio Wrenn) Suzanne Connors

Check out the full workshop schedule with class descriptions and save your spot in one of our amazing workshops! some classes are almost full, especially during the season!

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learn more about our workshops: https://www.ayafiberstudio.com/all-workshop-descriptions-and-registrations

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11/09/2022

Thank you Ornament Magazine for such a beautifully written and well done article. I am truly honored and grateful!

Welcome to our new issue, Volume 43, No. 2, which comes packed full of all the subtle elegance, and eloquence, that textiles engender in our hearts. The textile art of Amy Nguyen, who involves herself in every step of the process, resonates with the traditional clothing of the Ainu, Nivkh, Okinawan, and folk Japanese presented in the exhibition "Dressed by Nature: Textiles of Japan".

At a time when the nation is in turmoil, a lesson is provided from the 1968 White House Fashion Show, the only one of its kind, organized by Lady Bird Johnson. We turn as well to the modern day and the transformations affecting the craft field, as the Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show introduces new, emerging artists, as veterans of the field retire from the shows.

We invite you into this full, deep exploration of wearable art, grounded in the natural environment, and informed by history and the present.

Cover: SCULPTURAL SWING COAT of hand-stitched shibori, manipulated linen; pieced, stitched, 2016. Photograph by Torkil Gudnason.
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04/15/2022

I feel very grateful to have connected with inspiring people who share a love and passion for craft and textiles; and in these same connections, have discovered a way to also share my passion for the process of craft and commitment to mindbody awareness. The wisdom that arises out of textile practices in combination with internal healing arts, such as taiji and qigong, creates space for nourishing and healing.

It was deeply fulfilling to be able to share my experience and knowledge in these practices this past year while co-teaching with Diane Ericson (Design Outside the Lines) and while leading a recent workshop at Suzanne Connor’s Aya Fiber Studio (picture here). Thank you to all the amazing people who joined me in these workshops and collaborated to create such enriching experiences!

01/22/2022

I'm so grateful to have been a part of this wonderful show, Midway Collection 2021/2022. Thank you to Midway Artist Studios and an amazing group of creatives.

curator Olga Shmuylovich
Ron MacGeorge
Souther
Amy Nguyen
Dawna Davis
William Frese
Sampson Wilcox
Sara Theophall
Mario Avila
Hana Pegrimkova

poster design Mario Avila Design
photography Joel Benjamin

11/10/2021

Thank you Paige Arnof-Fenn of Mavens & Moguls and Carol Roth of Business Unplugged for this lovely mention in the Ultimate Holiday 2021 Small Business Gift Guide. Check out #111. Agreed! Please support artists and small businesses this holiday season.

Small businesses are always our priority here at CarolRoth.com and just as Carol highlighted in her recent book release, The War On Small Business, the small business community has been the most negatively impacted by the pandemic response. So, to help spotlight and give extra support to those small...

10/30/2021

Thank you,
Janet Kelly of mylittlebird
for this lovely article:

I appreciated the interview and sharing a little bit of background behind my textile work. What we put on our bodies is as important as what we put into our bodies and how we take care of our bodies.

Tomorrow is the last day of the Smithsonian Craft Show. There is nothing like beautifully handcrafted work by some of the most talented craft artists in the country.
Please enjoy!
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Meet Amy, a textile artist who believes in the power of clothing to promote well-being.

10/21/2021

What we put into and onto our bodies are equally important and certainly influence well-being. Showing hand-dyed, natural fibers and beautiful shapes for you to enjoy at the online Smithsonian Craft Show through Bidsquare October 23-31.

09/27/2021

Thank you American Craft Exposition for, again, bringing together art and science…with the best of both worlds in craft and the Northshore Auxiliary’s focus on health initiatives and medical research over the far-reaching internet. We miss you all!
Shown here, detail of handdyed Shibori linen swing coat.

04/28/2021

Thank you for the very nice article, Honoring the Future
https://www.honoringthefuture.org/artists-boldly-challenge-fast-fashion/
I appreciate the community having awareness around textiles/clothing and the environmental impact. It's always a question of how we can do better?
I think, ideally, the most sustainable clothing would come from using moss and leaves in the wilderness...weaving with twine. That doesn't work in everyday life nor is every substance in nature appropriate for use in textile work. With this in mind, I strive to work with great respect for the environment.
An important point I'd like to add is that the technique of Shibori goes deeper than I ever expected. The technique itself, and the practice of it, is a teacher. When creating shibori, one is honoring the materials, oneself and ultimately the environment. I owe a great deal to Yoshiko Wada for guiding me into the world of shibori and opening my mind to its more conceptual side. I have experienced through my own practice of shibori that it is a technique that is connected deeply to the wisdom of the earth.

“Fast fashion” – it’s cheap, trendy, lasts a season or two (if that), and quickly ends up in a landfill. But its negative social and environmental impacts last far longer. More than 11 million tons of textiles are landfilled in the U.S. each year, according to the U.S. Environmental Protecti...

04/27/2021

Join us for some beautiful craft at Smithsonian Craft Optimism through May 1. I know that I always feel incredibly grateful when I incorporate craft and the materials I love - textiles, metal, clay, wood and glass - into my daily life. And it makes life a little sweeter when you get to know the artist!
A toast to spring and better times ahead!

02/21/2021

This has been and will be an ongoing wonderful series through the World Shibori Network. Thank you!

This month, Conversations with Cloth, debuted Episode 3: Itajime Shibori/Clamp-Resist, hosted by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada and Ana Lisa Hedstrom, from Slow Fiber Studios. The focus of the series continues on the core concept of the transformation of cloth, 2D pliable plane to 3D shapes, a dimensional tra...

12/26/2020

The color red is a celebratory color and has been an inspiration for some time in my textile work. I have dyed many different shades over a number of years to find favorite signature shades. Red is representative of the heart, perhaps the point of greatest connection, both inside and out. The heart works hard and does what is necessary. It also feels deeply from anger to love, a spectrum of emotions we may learn to appreciate or to transform.

In this very difficult year of political, social, health and economic upheaval, chaos in our natural world and in our bodies and minds has deeply affected us all. Coming back to the color red, refocusing on the heart connection, feeling anger and feeling love have became mantras and practices during these very difficult times. Sometimes, I sit for a moment, hand over heart and close my eyes, simply allowing myself to be.

May we celebrate our deepest connections during this holiday season...to our own hearts, to our families, to our community, to the hearts of others we know, and to the world that we do not yet know.

With gratitude and love,
Amy