55 years after its design, Moki Cherry’s Jungel has been hand-screenprinted by the FWM Studio in collaboration with the artist’s estate.
Philadelphia, PA, February 11, 2026—The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) has collaborated with the Estate of Moki Cherry to produce Jungel, a vibrant textile design by the late Swedish artist, now available as yardage for the first time. Designed in 1970 by Moki Cherry (1943–2009), the release coincides with The Living Temple: The World of Moki Cherry, a major retrospective organized by Ars Nova Workshop and on view at FWM through April 12, 2026. The exhibition will travel to The Contemporary Austin, TX from September 18, 2026–January 17, 2027.
Featuring intertwining snakes, pinwheels, and other organic forms, Jungel carries the artist’s interest in bridging the natural and spiritual worlds—evident across her genre-defying work surveyed in The Living Temple. Printed in a limited run of 70 yards total, Moki’s Jungel yardage is available in the form of passport bags ($68), dinner napkins (set of 4, $220), accent pillows ($188–$198), bolster pillows ($265), and by the yard ($282/yd). All products are exclusively sold by the FWM Store.
Although her work was never commercially produced in her lifetime, Moki Cherry created bold textile designs. She executed at least one of these repeat patterns, Jungel, as an acrylic painting. Noting the artist’s address on the verso of the painting, Moki’s family says she shopped it around to design houses in hopes of licensing the work for production. Fifty-five years later, with their support, The Fabric Workshop and Museum has brought this design into being—printing it as full yardage for the first time, signed with the artist’s signature and handwriting.
“The Fabric Workshop and Museum is delighted to bring Moki Cherry’s vision to life,” said FWM Executive Director Kelly Shindler. “Since the late 1970s, FWM has invited artists to explore the possibilities of screenprinting on fabric in collaboration with our Studio team. When we learned of Moki’s early interest in textile design and that she had an unrealized dream of commercially producing a repeat pattern, we jumped at the opportunity. We’re grateful to the artist’s estate and Ars Nova Workshop for trusting us with advancing Moki’s art and legacy.”
Naima Karlsson of the Estate of Moki Cherry and granddaughter of the artist said, “It has been so exciting to see this fabric print design, which Moki created over 50 years ago, finally come to life! It was a joy to work with the Fabric Workshop’s Studio team. They did a great job developing Moki’s Jungel pattern for the hand screenprinting process, honoring her respect and emphasis on craftsmanship and the handmade.”
In working with the Estate to translate the artist’s original acrylic painting into a repeat pattern, the FWM Studio worked backwards to figure out what Moki’s base colors were. Led by FWM Print Project Manager, Jill Adler, the production involved painstaking color testing, with the Studio printing in Philadelphia and the resulting swatches being hand-verified by the Estate in Sweden. Following a methodical process, Adler determined that Moki’s design would be printed with just three colors (optically creating five when overlayed), likely replicating the artist’s original acrylic palette.
As with all her art, Moki’s Jungel painting embraces hand-drawn contours. Adler, who redrew all the mylars by hand to prepare the repeat pattern for production, observed that Moki’s approach made the work well suited for the process. Variance occurs in hand-screenprinting as the fabric naturally shifts during printing and as the ink dries. In Moki’s painting, she allowed for variance in her drawing and the way she painted it (colors overlap or don’t meet consistently).
“It’s almost as if Moki anticipated a hand-screenprinting process,” observed Adler.
About Moki Cherry
Swedish, 1943–2009. Lived and worked in London, New York, and Tågarp, Sweden.
Moki Cherry was a Swedish artist and designer who worked in tapestry, painting, music, clothing, collage, sculpture, and ceramics. Born Monica Karlsson in Norbotten, Sweden, Moki moved to Stockholm in 1962 to study fashion design and drawing, but life redirected her career towards a broader creative practice integrating painting, tapestry, costume, set design, and collaborations with her partner, jazz musician Don Cherry (1936–1995). Moki’s artworks incorporate functional materials and traditional crafts, seen in her textile appliqué pieces, woodcarvings, paintings, furniture, and ceramics. Exploring themes of ecology, environmental and spiritual awareness, caregiving and the home environment, Moki envisioned her art as a holistic way of life she described as “home as stage, stage as home.” Her interdisciplinary works reached audiences through performances, workshops, schools, galleries, and in her own home. Moki met Don Cherry in 1963 in Stockholm during his tour with Sonny Rollins. Over 20 years, they lived between Sweden and New York, raising their children and collaborating on projects such as Organic Music. In 1970 they bought a former schoolhouse in Skåne, which became a base for their semi-nomadic lifestyle. This space was central to their artistic and family life and acted as a creative and educational hub for musicians, artists, friends and children. Moki exhibited her work for over four decades, dividing her time between Sweden and New York until her death in 2009.
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