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textile art
This term describes a broad category of creative practice where the medium is fiber. It encompasses both traditional craft techniques and contemporary fine art, bridging the gap between functional utility and aesthetic expression. While "textiles" often refers to the industrial production of cloth, "textile art" specifically denotes the intentional, artistic application of these materials.
As a compound noun referring to a field of study or a genre of art, it is treated as an uncountable mass noun. One does not refer to "a textile art" or "textile arts" when discussing the discipline itself, but rather refers to "works of textile art" or "pieces of textile art" to denote individual creations.