Textiles & Tea Episode 195 with Rhiannon Griego

Textiles & Tea with Rhiannon Griego
The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.'s (HGA) takes place every Tuesday at 4 PM (ET). We've invited some of the most respected fiber artists in the field today to join us for an hour-long conversation where we discuss their artwork and their creative journey. Make a cup of your favorite tea and join us as we talk about fiber, creativity, inspiration, process and so much more.
Rhiannon Griego, a textile artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has found harmonic resonance in the philosophies of Saori Zen Weaving, a tradition she studied and has practiced for the last 10 years. In its free form, wabi-sabi nature has moved her to create dimensional landscapes and embrace the beauty of imperfection within her textiles. Her work is moved by the spirit of the land and the deserts of the American Southwest, which her lineage hails. Her Mexican, Tohono O’odham & Spanish heritage provides artistic portals through which she communes with her ancestors to bring forth the legacy of textiles as timeless objects of art. From the language of plants as medicine to dyeing material, Rhiannon’s reverence for the relationship between humans & land, soil & sky births the foundation to bring more beauty into the world through her art.
This episode originally aired on October 8, 2024.