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with Michael French, College of Letters and Science

Susan Avila, professor of , has made invaluable (and beautiful) contributions to a new book series on fiber art.

Artistry in Fiber by Anna Lee and E. Ashley Rooney, is a three-book series that includes a volume titled featuring a foreword by Avila. Examples of Avila’s work appear in all three books. The series invites readers to re-examine fiber art through a multifaceted contemporary lens.

Avila offers insights into what wearable art means and how fibers play into that combination.

“My work bridges the areas of craft, design, and fashion, and I like to repurpose waste materials in my work,”  Avila said in an interview.  “I often examine contemporary society, and it helps people get a new perception on things they might be used to seeing through a different sort of lens.”

In a dress design, for example, she illustrates women’s diseases. Intrigued? She explains in this interview:

Published by Schiffer Publishing, the series also includes the books which features work by Gyongy Laky (professor emeritus) and   Wearable Art also includes work by Rebecca Wendlandt (�ٺ���Ƶ design alumna).