Textile Design’s other graduating graduate student is Kristen Tynen. Kristen is also a weaver and her work explores the touch and feel of textiles in one’s environment. She takes a sensitive approach to...
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Interview with Thesis Student Emily Robinson
This semester, Textile Design has two graduating grad students. Today, I’m interviewing Emily Robinson. Her refreshingly straightforward, no-nonsense sensibility comes through in both her interview and her...
Phew! Midterms are over!
Our Textile Design graduate students, like most students here on the East Falls campus, are recovering from midterms this week. Midterms in a semester like no other semester that we have ever experienced; talk about...
Portfolio Workshop hosted by Textile Design and Visual Communications Design programs
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A Study in Collaboration: Textile World
We are pleased to share this article about Textile Design and Textile Product Science written by Jim Kaufmann for Textile World, published on September 30, 2020. A Study In Collaboration Thomas Jefferson University...
Textile Design Symposium: The Path Forward
The Textile Design department is excited to host its 4th annual Textile Design Symposium. This year’s title is “The Path Forward”. As with most events this year, it will be held virtually. This gives...
Jefferson’s Fancy
Textile Design graduate student Sinéad Cahill is weaving a little history, school pride, and sustainability into a project for Grad Studio 2A this semester. The brief for this project asks the student to incorporate...
Invasive Plant Research Group to Present at Student Conference on Conservation Science
Textile Design faculty member Becky Flax has been working with Dr. Anne Bower, Dr. Mary Ann Wagner-Graham, and a group of students from across TJU in researching ways to use invasive plants as natural dye providers for...
NY Textile Month to host May 2020 Textile Design graduates
New York Textile Month, the brainchild of Parsons School of Design and Lidewiz Edelkoort, is a monthlong celebration of textile art and design, promoting creativity and awareness. For many years now, TJU/PhilaU Textile...
Textile Design Students win SDA’s Outstanding Student Award
We are immensely proud of our students Elena Garrido and Jiyoung Park for winning the Surface Design Association Outstanding Student Award. This award celebrates students who have demonstrated excellence in fiber arts...