Welcome to the TextileX resource guide—a growing effort created to map out and connect the vibrant textile community and resources in the Portland metro area and beyond. The foundation of this guide was built from the diversity of organizations that participate in the Portland TextileX Month festival every October.

Development of and funding for this guide have been provided by Textile Hive with additional funding from a RACC catalyst grant in 2019.

We encourage you to contribute additional resources through this form and consider becoming a member of TextileX to help further develop this resource guide as well as Portland TextileX Month.

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Liz Borowski

www.lizborowski.com

Liz Borowski is an artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. With a BFA from the University of Arizona, her work has been featured in exhibitions throughout the Pacific Northwest. She has taught felting classes at Naked Sheep & Twisted yarn stores. Teaching beginning watercolor classes in her home studio in NE Portland, Liz says her creative process is akin to a magical practice - "When I paint, I get out of the way and let the work flow through me. The alchemy of mark-making and mapping generates a search for meaning, a tool for learning, and a way to find my place in the world. Each painting is made of layers of watercolor, gouache and wax pastels. The final step to my paintings is stitching embroidery thread. I find the application of mending the painting to be healing, and a reflective process that speaks to a time-honored hand arts tradition.”

 embroidery  felting  gouache  painting  watercolor