Dia Robinson, the proprietor of Twisted Urban Fiber Arts, specializes in textile education and learning development. Her primary objective is to demonstrate how engaging in fiber arts can positively impact mental health by equipping students with the necessary tools and knowledge to create one-of-a-kind textile artwork. 

Her expertise has led her to teach at numerous conferences and workshops, including the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Fiber Arts Conference, the Mid-Atlantic Fiber Arts Virtual Conference (2021), a series of Virtual Workshops (2022, 2023 & 2025), Maryland Sheep and Wool’s 2022 Online Winterfest, and Long Thread Media’s 2022 SOAR Conference.

Her work has also been recognized and featured in several publications, including Ply Magazine (Winter 2024, Spring 2025 & Summer 2025), tinyStudio’s Creative Life (Issue 7 – May 2020 & Issue 22 – February 2024), Spin Off Magazine (Fall 2021 & Fall 2023), and Interweave Knits (Winter 2022). 

Dia is a recipient of the 2026 South Carolina Arts Commission Emerging Artist Grant, awarded in support of her large-scale fiber portrait project, Lineage in Fiber. This multi-phase mosaic work explores legacy, identity, and Southern textile history through needle-felted portraiture. Focusing on her grandmothers, who both worked in South Carolina textile mills, Robinson uses a spectrum of hand-dyed brown tones, ranging from caramel to deep dark brown, needle-felting thousands of quarter-inch wool squares to form a nearly six-foot portrait.  The project bridges personal ancestry with contemporary fiber practice, honoring generational labor while reclaiming textile work as fine art.

Learn more about the grant program here:
https://www.southcarolinaarts.com/direct-programs/artist-development/emerging-artists/

She is also the mastermind behind the widely acclaimed "Inspire Blend" video series. In this series, she skillfully crafts fiber representations of chosen photographs by blending colored wool. She profoundly believes in fiber arts' power to transcend differences and cultivate connections. She sees these creative endeavors as bridges that unite diverse cultures, emphasizing the common threads that bind us together.