Tracing Patterns Foundation (TPF) is a community of international scholars and textile makers (weavers, dyers, craftspeople, textile designers) who contribute toward building a body of research on traditional textiles around the world. Driven by a shared passion for textiles, TPF serves as a collaborative hub for like-minded people to explore production processes, weaving and dying techniques, symbols, patterns, cultural meanings, art, and history. Recognizing the importance of community, TPF also provides an institutional home for researchers conducting original research.

Our mission: to preserve, advance, and spread knowledge and appreciation of textile arts.

The name Tracing Patterns comes from founder Dr. Sandra Sardjono’s doctoral dissertation titled “Tracing Patterns of Textiles in Ancient Java (8th-15th century)” and reflects the understanding that humans have patterns and ways of doing things that are passed down from generation to generation. The foundation was founded in 2018.