Tien Chiu
Museum collections
American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA (Eternal Love Wedding Ensemble)
Honors and Awards
2014:
Juror, Fiber Celebrations, Northern Colorado Weavers’ Guild
Best in Show, Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair Garment Extravaganza
2012:
Most Original, Conference of Northern California Handweavers
2011:
Winner, Handwoven Garment Challenge; work featured on front cover of Handwoven magazine
2010:
Best in Show, Conference of Northern California Handweavers Fashion Show
2nd place, Amateur Garments, Blue Ridge Fiber Show
1st place, Accessories, Conference of Northern California Handweavers
2nd place, Accessories, Conference of Northern California Handweavers
2nd place, Neckwear: Conference of Northern California Handweavers
2008:
2nd place, Accessories: Conference of Northern California Handweavers, 2008
Author of:
Books
Master Your Craft: Strategies for Designing, Making, and Selling Artisan Work, Schiffer Publishing, 2016.
Magazine articles
Handwoven:
May/June 2014, “Improvising at the Loom Using Profile Drafts”
May/June 2014, “Spicy Scarves”
January/February 2014, “Little Luxuries: Silk Bag and Sachets”
January/February 2014, “Idea Gallery: Working with Fine Threads”
January/February 2013, “Celtic Braid Cape”
January/February 2013, “Are You a Complex Weaver?”
November/December 2011, “Block Weave Basics: Using a Profile Draft”
September/October 2011, “Kodachrome Jacket” (jacket featured on front cover)
January/February 2011, “Say It with Cloth!”
Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot:
Fall 2010, “Eternal Love Wedding Ensemble”
Complex Weavers Journal:
June 2015, “A Comparison of Jacquard Looms”
October 2014, “Stenciling on Warps”
October 2014, “Phoenix Draft”
June 2014, “Complex Color Simulations in Photoshop”
October 2013, “Designing Fabrics with Meaning”
June 2013, “Designing Taqueté in Photoshop”
February 2013, “Designing 4 the Future” (book review)
October 2012, “Risk Management in Creative Projects”
June 2012, “Autumn Splendor”
February 2012, “Kodachrome: Designing for the Runway”
October 2011, “Photoshop for Devore Design”
June 2011, “Electronic Notebooks”
February 2011, book review: “Fit 2 Be Tied” by Marg Coe
February 2010, “One Draft, Many Choices”
October 2009, “Double Happiness Wedding”
WeaveZine
November 2009, “Plain Weave Variations”
