#hiiiii I'm blogging again bc I forgot to make lunch for the night and picked up my Phone

[agnesandhilda]

it is so important that textile work/fiber art in general be recognized as skilled labor and art. textiles are omnipresent, in clothing, in furniture, moreso than any other artistic medium, but are domesticated and overlooked as a result. when textile work is done at a personal level instead of industrial, it's seen as just craft, cute but frivolous. textile work's association with women just worsens this, and independent textile artists fight tooth and nail to be compensated fairly, since their work is underpaid and undervalued in the world at large.

textile work has value in its mundanity. I have pieces I made years ago using simple methods, back when I was just starting out, and I still use and love them. the devaluing of textile work also means that its appeal goes unnoticed too. I see things that were obviously handmade, sweaters sold to secondhand stores by family members who didn't realize the amount of labor that went into them, and am astounded by the time I know they take to make and by the craftsmanship. not understanding textile work means not understanding the meaning of its consistency, the geometric beauty of even simple techniques, done right again and again, for hours.