Michael Radyk is a recipient of a 2010 residency and fellowship to the Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences and the Oregon College of Art and Craft. Michael’s design sensibility combined with his love of woven cloth creates a textile that is crafted with innovation and creativity. The color and embroidered techniques in his current collection were conceived in the Netherlands and completed at the Hambidge Center. Michael’s “R” series of woven scarves and shawls have been exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show along with his Jacquard woven and manipulated wall pieces. Michael is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design.

Scarves
The “R” series of scarves combines a hand woven plain weave textile of silk and cotton with hand embroidery of merino wool, silk ribbon or silk fringe yarns. The embroidery is integrated onto the woven cloth, activating and engaging the textile with twisted, brushed and dimensional surfaces.


Shawls
The “R” series of shawls uses the hand woven plain weave textiles of silk and cotton with hand embroidery of merino wool, silk ribbon or silk fringe yarns. A second series of shawls is woven in gauze and corduroy weave structures. The corduroy shawls are hand cut and manipulated.