Good Tension: An Introduction to Material Culture

What does it mean to create? How do art, textiles, and culture connect us by a common thread between people groups, places and time? How can we honor the people who have gone before us in all kinds of making, and help create a better future for artists? In the Material Culture podcast, we are attempting to explore this, starting this episode with a conversation with Weaver House founder, Rachel Snack. Topics include: the sacredness of the act of creation, stories being told about cultures thr...

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The Material Culture podcast explores narratives of weaving, (text)iles, art, manufacturing, history, and the people, workers and artists whose stories create the framework and understanding of living with cloth. We’re all part of a common thread – forever connected by the material language of touch, a tactile sensibility.