Open from September 12 - October 11, 2025

Craftspring Community Arts Showcase proudly presents Bound By These Roots, a fiber art exhibition by Soraya Shah and Rebecca Davison. Drawing on personal histories and cross-cultural journeys, Shah and Davison weave fiber techniques into expressions of home and belonging. Though their backgrounds differ, their work is united by an impulse to ground memory and connection in material form.

Together, they invite viewers to reflect on how fiber art can carry memory, lineage, and transformation. Bound By These Roots is a meditation on how we continually make and remake our sense of family, belonging, and home.

For Soraya Shah, weaving is a language that bridges continents and generations. Born in Brazil to a Trinidadian family, Shah’s upbringing spanned South America—from Ecuador to Colombia. Their early fascination with handwoven textiles began at age eight in the Otavalo Market in Ecuador.

Now based in New York, Shah continues to honor their heritage through vibrant, handwoven fabrics named after cities, family members, and foods that shaped their identity. After nearly two decades designing textiles for interior design showrooms, Shah founded Fiber Content Studio to continue their own line of handwovens for the interior design and architectural trade, with a focus on supporting handmade textile production in the US. More of their work can be found at @sorayashah_handwovens.