Rachel Ehlin-Smith

Mr Blue Skye / Everwoven Flowers

Education & Training

  • Saori Weaving Studio, New York & Los Angeles — 2010–2011

  • UC San Diego Crafts Center — 2011

  • Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York — 2016–2018

  • Self-taught fiber artist

  • Guest Speaker, San Diego Textile Guild — 2020

Selected Exhibitions & Commissions

  • Solo Exhibition, Walter Redondo Studio at The Guild Hotel — 2025

  • Threadspell — Installation at Nissan Design America Design Center, 2025

  • Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel, Permanent Installation — 2024
    24-room installation

  • Postmodernism Week Palm Springs — 2024

  • Witch’s Ladders — San Diego Design Week, 2024

  • Intercepting Nature — Gateway Gallery, 2024–2025

  • Witch’s Ladders: Interwoven — Walter Redondo Gallery, 2024

  • Solo Exhibition, Trash Lamb Gallery, San Diego — 2023

  • Fungi — San Diego Design Week, 2022

  • Hearth Installation, The Ecology Center — 2021

  • Scrolls — San Diego Design Week, 2021

  • Cleaning House — San Diego Design Week, 2020

  • Junípero Serra Museum / San Diego History Center, Permanent Installation & Museum Redesign — 2019

  • Featured Artist, Mingei International Museum — 2015

Collaborations

  • Sakura Bloom — Artist Collaboration, 10-year collaboration

  • The Modern Craft of Fiber Art — Portland Design Week, 2017

Recognition & Press

  • Nominated, Innovator of Textiles — Metropolis Magazine, 2018

  • Forecasted internationally in color and texture trends by Color Association of the United States and Francq Colors

  • Featured in Elle Decor, Cereal Magazine, and Tatter Magazine — 2020

  • Featured in Wohn! Design — 2018

  • Featured Interview, Warp & Weft — 2020

  • Featured in Grace and Frankie — 2017

  • Featured in San Diego Voyager, “Inspiring People” — 2025

Professional Associations

  • Member, San Diego Weaving Guild

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