Lifeweave grew from artist Emilio Vavarella’s experimental DNA-weaving project, developed during his doctoral research and residency at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Today, its collaborative team creates personalized woven art from a customer’s genetic information, with each tapestry made on demand in North Carolina for the individual it represents.
OEKO-TEX Standard 100
YESS Certified (Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced Standards)
Chapas Textiles, IncFrom its Brooklyn studio, Chapas Textiles creates bespoke hand-woven fabrics for the interiors trade, tailoring each pattern, color and yardage to a specific project. Founded by hand weaver Tara Chapas in 2008, the studio draws on a family weaving tradition from Evoia, Greece, while its fabrics are made in the United States by trained American artisans. Its project-by-project collaboration connects interior designers directly with textile artisans, and a portion of profits supports small-business loans for artisans around the world.BROOKLYN, NY
Merida StudioMerida Studio creates original rugs and textile artwork entirely in-house at its Fall River workshop, where designers, weavers, and craftspeople turn natural fibers into made-to-order pieces. Since 2017, the studio has collaborated with Paris-based artist and weaver Sylvie Johnson through a nine-year artist residency that produced its limited-edition Atelier series. Its work is designed as more than floor covering: durable textiles intended to be lived with, conserved, and passed on.New York, NY
Pam Pawl TextilesFrom her Dunedin studio, artist and textile educator Pam Pawl creates limited-edition handwoven scarves, wraps, throws and interior accessories, using hand-dyed yarns and multi-harness loom structures to bring color and pattern together. Pawl’s textile practice grew from a farm upbringing with sheep and a spinning wheel, formal study in textile design, and more than a decade maintaining a Philadelphia weaving studio. She also teaches weaving and dyeing through private classes, online instruction and workshops for guilds and conferences.PHILADELPHIA, PA
Rebecca AtwoodFounded by Cape Cod-raised artist Rebecca Atwood, this Charleston studio creates artful fabrics and wallpaper for layered interiors. Atwood’s hand-painted sketches, often inspired by nature, become patterns that are produced through carefully selected domestic and international partners, including specialized embroidery teams in South India. After eight years in Brooklyn, the namesake business now works from Charleston, where it also develops custom colors and materials for design and hospitality projects.A, NY