Press
Little Looms Magazine: Think Outside of the Box with Circular Weaving
Fall 2023 Print Issue
Many people are interested in exploring fiber crafts in easily accessible and inexpensive-to-begin ways. Amazing Circular Weaving by Emily Nicolaides fills this role well. As the subtitle suggests, the author has the beginning weaver in mind…
Canvas Rebels: Meet Emily Nicolaides
October 9, 2023
Emily, appreciate you joining us today. What’s been one of the most interesting investments you’ve made – and did you win or lose? (Note, these responses are only intended as entertainment and shouldn’t be construed as investment advice)…
Long Thread Podcast: Emily, Nicolaides
January 28, 2023
Season 6, Episode 2: In 2016, Emily Nicolaides began exploring the possibilities and limitations of circular weaving. Combining years of research, her book Amazing Circular Weaving opens up a new world of richness, beauty, and complexity…
Making Conversation Podcast: Breaking Down Art & Craft
December 31, 2022
I’m your host Ashley Yousling. Have you ever stopped to think about what is art? What is craft? Are they the same thing? I dive into this discussion with our guest today, Emily Nicolaides. Emily is a fascinating artist…
The Fiber Artist Podcast: On Deep Study into Weaving Circles
November 4, 2022
Emily Nicolaides chats with us about her years of exploring the woven circle and the launch of her new book, "Amazing Circular Weaving" published by Abrams Books. We talk about her big move from the U.S. to Cyprus, and what could be next on the horizon…
Shoutout Atlanta: Meet Emily Nicolaides
July 27, 2022
Hi Emily, how has your background shaped the person you are today? I was born in Virginia to a multicultural family. My mom is American and my dad is Greek-Cypriot. Growing up, I felt torn between my two cultures. Like I was two…
Warp & Weft Magazine
April 12, 2021
How did you discover weaving and was what your greatest resource as a beginner? My earliest memories of weaving are as a child when my Greek-Cypriot father would read my favorite bedtime story, Arachne and Athena. I loved the competition between goddess and mortal. I loved that the mortal woman won, even though she was cursed to be a spider forever…
Art of the H-Art Blog
Spring 2021
I have been following Emily on instagram for some time now. Love all her work, especially her signature open centre weaves, and even more, I love the vibrant, positive energy she exudes. Recently, what captured my attention was some of her very raw and honest shares in her stories and posts about poignant topics that we come across in the arts industry…
Enneagram Taxi Podcast: Type 3
August 4, 2020
Emily Nicolaides is our passenger on today's episode. Hop on in and listen as Emily & Coach Logan talk Type Three, All Things Weaving, entrepreneurship, small business ownership, Shalom Farms and much more…
Meet the KOEL Kids
July 21, 2020
Emily Nicolaides did not start off as a weaver. Like many other makers, she has travelled through a series of different crafts search of what would work out best for herself and her art before ending up where she is now. It may have been an arduous journey, but it is through these obstacles…
Style Weekly: Creative Separation
March 24, 2020
A look at how some local artists and teachers are helping people connect while isolated. The impact of the coronavirus on the arts community in Richmond has been swift and unforgiving. With the closure of theaters, galleries, pop-up markets, farmers markets and community arts centers and other…
Weaving with T-Shirts
May 31, 2018
Emily Nicolaides upcycles T-shirt waste into an awesome wall hanging for the Bonfire HQ. The Bonfire Campaign model is designed to minimize t-shirt waste by only printing t-shirts that are bought and paid for– no leftover inventory, and no boxes of t-shirts in the garbage. But sometimes shirts print…