> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Josie Thaddeus-Johns > Reference:: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/arts/design/malgorzata-mirga-tas.html > Date:: 2023 > Tags:: #warp #Roma #textiles #Sweden > WeftLinks:: [[Social value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft strengthens relationships between members of a cultural group]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Roma artist Malgorzata Mirga-Tas makes compelling textile collages depicting members of her community. ### Highlights >Embroidered with silver thread in a floral pattern, the material was once a dress, before Roma people in Sweden gave it to Malgorzata Mirga-Tas. In her hands, it had been cut up and combined with other fabrics and delicate paint strokes to create a portrait of a Roma community leader. In the artist’s vibrantly patterned collage, the woman appears relaxed and powerful as she hangs bright yellow clothes on a washing line, her face turned from the viewer’s gaze.