With such high levels of skill and technique on display at The British Craft Trade Fair, judging for the award of Textile Excellence was not an easy task. However, after careful consideration, we were delighted to announce the winner as Leto & Ariadne. Drawing inspiration from such varied sources as Brideshead Revisited to patisserie, Nick [...]

If you have a dress making dilemma or  a problem with a pattern then join us tomorrow at the Selvedge pop up shop at Anthropologie for a sewing clinic hosted by Carolyn Denham of Merchant & Mills. Carolyn will be signing copies of her new book, featuring fifteen lovely items to make, and demonstrating forgotten [...]

Supporting UK craft and design from their Clerkenwell base for over 30 years, Craft Central is celebrating the launch of new galleries this February with their inaugural exhibition Head to Toe. The show will explore the craft process and skill behind the drama, impact and, often, fun of hats and shoes. Featured designers include Stephen [...]

Fairies, elves and nameless creatures – all sweet as a candy cane – will be present and correct at the Selvedge Winter Fair. Samantha Bryan’s Fairies, Holy Smoke’s dogs or a mouse by Mirjamidesign.com would make wonderful gifts. And if you’ve always wanted to own one of Julie Arkell’s Folk Art sculptures this is your [...]

We admire initiative almost as much as we admire well-designed textiles and Becky Broome has both in abundance. Shortly after graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University with a BA (Hons) in Embroidery, Becky’s desire to design homewares and gifts led her to establish Becky Broome Ltd. It’s a small company run by Kristian and Becky, a [...]

LAIKA is an animation studio that produces features and shorts. From scratch. The makers of Coraline (2009), a critically acclaimed feature film profiled in Issue 29, and the more recent ParaNorman (2012) are currently hiring for three fabricator positions within their puppet department. If you share their visionary spirit and wish to forge an exciting new career with Laika, [...]

There are an awful lot of places offering textiles courses these days, but only few cater to students as far afield as America and Australia. Prescott and Mackay School of Fashion and Accessory Design, to give it its full title, is impressively international. They offer shoe making courses in New York, Melbourne and London (which [...]

Design writer and photographer Barbara Chandler has been capturing city life for almost 30 years. Her latest work “Celebration” is the essence of London at play – people out on the streets, in the parks and on the riverbanks of London, when flags were flying, bunting was out and people waited to see processions, pageants [...]

With the London Olympics just a few days away the country is exploring a global range of cultures. West Africa is fielding some amazing athletes but galleries around Manchester are taking this opportunity to celebrate the region’s artists too. We Face Forward will feature the vibrant textiles of El Anatsui (see issue 17), the evocative photography [...]

A flock of feathered friends has alighted in the Selvedge shop window. These hand embroidered creations hatched from the imagination of recent graduate Catherine Frere Smith. Her final degree project included garments, bird sculptures and even garments that could be turned into sculptures. Catherine’s ‘make a bird’ top holds the patterns for 4 different types [...]