Whitney Crutchfield founded WE GATHER after more than a decade spent weaving, dyeing, and teaching, choosing an independent textile practice over mass production and fleeting trends. From its Brooklyn studio, the company creates handmade home textiles and teaches people to work with cloth through accessible, hands-on experiences. Its work centers on natural fibers, low-impact dyeing, and functional pieces intended to become heirlooms.
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
Fiberhouse CollectiveFounded by artist, researcher, and educator Nica Rabinowitz, Fiberhouse Collective is a place-based textile project rooted in a working homestead in Marshall. Its Fiberhouse Farm serves as a living laboratory where land stewardship and handcraft meet, with kudzu research at the heart of its distinctive approach to cloth. The collective opens that work to learners and visiting makers through community-based textile education.MARSHALL, NC
CRUDAFounded by Daniela Espinosa-Casillas in Brooklyn, CRUDA makes colorful handwoven garments and homewares using Guatemalan weaving and dyeing techniques. The studio’s work draws on Espinosa-Casillas’s Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, while its natural fibers are sourced directly from indigenous women weavers and women-run cooperatives in Guatemala. CRUDA’s pieces are handwoven in Brooklyn, linking local production with support for weaving communities abroad.BROOKLYN, NY
Judy Ross TextilesKnown for refining a 2,500-year-old chain-stitch tradition, Judy Ross Textiles has spent more than 35 years working with master artisans to give handmade design a contemporary New York character. The studio develops custom textile pieces for interior designers and homeowners, pairing Judy Ross’s organic drawings with hand-dyed materials and careful embroidery.NEW YORK, NY