latest news

Latest Episode of The Long Thread Podcast Features Mary

The Long Thread podcast recently asked Mary to join them to discuss her ikat work. Listen using your podcast player at @longthreadmedia, or via their website.

The Capricorn Plate Tapestry Headed to Embassy

The Capricorn Plate Tapestry has been selected by Ambassador Brewer to be included in the collection of the US Embassy in Lesotho Africa. This is Mary's seventeenth contribution to the US Art In Embassy Program worldwide.

Mary Zicafoose: Midway Film Release

The long-awaited documentary film about Mary's life and career has been released. Director Jeffrey Hahn combines the testimony of Mary's peers and friends, with the narrative of her artist's journey, to recount a colorful exploration of the virtuoso, teacher, and woman that is Mary Zicafoose.

Watch the film

Ikat Book Sale

Mary's first book, Ikat: The Essential Guide to Weaving Resist-Dyed Cloth was released by Penguin Random House in 2020. This inspirational book features both natural and synthetic dye formulas and processes, in addition to instructional ikat projects.

Purchase your copy today!

Mary is working on a companion ikat volume that will be available for purchase in 2025.

Schacht Spindle interviews Mary for Spinning & Weaving Week

Jane Patrick of Schacht Spindle Company interviews Mary in a segment "The World is Begging to Become a More Beautiful Place".

Watch the interview

Follow Mary on Facebook

To see what's new and happening in the Mary Zicafoose Textiles studio, "Like" the Mary Zicafoose Textile Facebook page.

events schedule 

• August 25-26, 2023
  Penland School of Craft
  38th Annual Benefit Auction
• September 9, 16, 30, 2023
  Black Sheep Weaver's Guild Zoom Ikat Workshop
• September 23-24, 2023
  Tapestry by the Campfire
  Celebration of Tapestry and Jackie Wollenberg
  Fort Bragg, CA
• October 19-24, 2023
  Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
  Sanborn Mills Farm, New Hampshire
• October 27, 2023
  Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
  Annual Auction
• November 11, 2023
  Philadelphia Weavers Guild Zoom lecture, 9-11 EST
• November 16-18, 2023
  Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
  Las Aranas Weavers Guild, New Mexico
• January 13-15, 2024
  Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
  Atlanta Weaver's Guild
• April 25, 2024
  Seattle Weaver's Guild Lecture
• April 26-28, 2024
  Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
  Seattle Weaver's Guild
• May 12-14, 2024
  Eugene Textile Center
  Eugene, OR
  The Shifted Warp Ikat Workshop, Version 2
• May 17-19, 2024
  Fiber in the Forest
  Ikat, Color and Dye Workshop
  Eugene Textile Center
• July 11-12, 2024
  Convergence 2024
  Handweavers Guild of America
  Wichita, KS
  Ikat Warp Shifting Techniques Seminar
  Ikat: The Power of Pattern Seminar
• August 18-30, 2024
  Pilchuk School of Glass
  Artist in Residence
• October 19, 2024
  The Craft Guild of Iowa City Fall meeting
  Seminar
• October 20-22, 2024
  Iowa City Weavers Guild
  Iowa City, IA
  The Shifted Warp Ikat Workshop

galleries

• Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• The Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, Michigan