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SURFACE DESIGN JOURNAL
Fall 2025 / Volume 49 / Number 3
AWARD WINNERS
06 Guest Juror Statement: Making Fiber Speak
by Nirmal Raja
18 Performing Fiber Award
Diana Baumbach
22 Material Exploration Award
Isabella Covert
26 Modern Meets Traditional Award
Lakshmi Madhavan
39 Nature of Translation Award
Amy Usdin
47 Guest Juror Award
Jeana Eve Klein
50 Unconventional Materials Award
Lauren Comerato
53 Current Statement Award
Emiko Kuhs
DEPARTMENTS
58 Outstanding Student Awards
63 Crafting Tomorrow
FEATURED ARTISTS
14 Madeline Thoman Montreuil, France
15 Joanna Rogers Pender Island, British Columbia, Canada
16 Fawzia Khan Hopkins, Minnesota, U.S.
17 Anastasia Azure Hope, Rhode Island, U.S.
21 Precious Gyekye Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.
25 Lisa Cooreman Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
29 Bobbi Meier Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
30 AnnaBrooke Hill Greene Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
31 Melissa Dorn Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
32 Blair Martin Cahill Ojai, California, U.S.
33 Helen Geglio South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
34 Hannah O'Hare Bennett Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
35 Kyoung Ae Cho Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
36 Mo Kelman Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
37 Shin-hee Chin McPherson, Kansas, U.S.
38 Rachael Segrest Cox Songdo, South Korea
42 Adrienne Sloane Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S.
43 Lars Shimabukuro Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
44 Karen Searle St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
45 melissa matson Honeoye Falls, New York, U.S.
46 Laurel Izard Michigan City, Indiana, U.S.
56 Ian Danner Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
