How does the act of sewing, weaving, or quilting function as an expressive arts therapy tool for processing trauma and preserving personal history?
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Textile Work as Storytelling
Textile Work as Storytelling
Prompt:
“A seamstress sewing, where the threads extend beyond the fabric, weaving into glowing pathways of memory—stitching together fragmented photographs, faded letters, and musical notations, symbolizing the interwoven nature of personal and cultural histories.”
Dressing & Weaving (Textile Art + Movement + Identity Expression)
Dressing & Weaving (Textile Art + Movement + Identity Expression)
Material Awareness: The feel of fabric, the drape of clothing, the textures of woven materials.
Movement: Dressing involves lifting, adjusting, layering—akin to sculpting with textiles.
Symbolism: Color choice, style, and layering express personal identity and cultural narratives.
Research Problem:
Research Problem:
Textile work is often seen as a technical or domestic skill rather than an intermodal form of embodied storytelling that combines gesture, texture, rhythm, and narrative.
Research Questions:
Research Questions:
How does the act of sewing, weaving, or quilting function as an expressive arts therapy tool for processing trauma and preserving personal history?
In what ways can tactile materials (fabric, thread, knots) become embodied research artifacts in arts-based inquiry?
Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.
— W. S. Merwin
Myriam Dion: It is interesting to see how women have been documented in the media . . . especially at a time when newspapers were written by men for men . . .
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