Textiles Archives - Infinite Women

Louise Winslow

Cleveland-based pioneer in sewing, cooking, and craft “how-to” programs on radio and television in the late 1940s, 50s, and 60s.

Amanda Wicker

In 1924 Wicker opened the Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design

Dorothy G Payer Shepherd

Curator of Textiles and Near Eastern ART for the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA, 1954-81)

Yakima-Colville beadworker whose work has been featured in many museum collections and exhibits and who has worked hard to document her tribal heritage and to keep it a part of her people’s cultural future.

Teri Rofkar

Teri Rofkar, known also by her Lingít clan name, Cháas’ koowú tláa was a master in the traditional ways of Raven’s Tail weaving and Spruce Root Basketry. She was also an accomplished educator who passed on these traditional Lingít weaving techniques to future generations so that the skills and art of the Lingít people would not be lost.

TahNibaa Naataanii

Master weaver, whose inspiration and creativity extend far beyond Toadlena, New Mexico. As a relentless culture bearer, her weaving has immeasurably impacted both traditional and contemporary textile arts.

Marietta Boggio Botto

Marietta “Maria” Boggio Botto (1870-1915) was an “outwork” silk worker, who hosted the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913 at her home in Haledon, New Jersey.

Rosa Elena Egipciaco

Puerto Rican lacemaker

Pat Courtney Gold

In 1991, she studied and helped revive the making of Wasco sally bags, twined root-digging bags, through the Oregon Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. This launched her on a new career path dedicated to the preservation of her cultural heritage.