Selvedge - News Letter

October 2006

This illustration by ‘the master of us all’ (according to Dior), is from Balenciaga Paris, £48, available at www.selvedge-bookshop.org

SEE… Origin: The London Craft
A major fair for contemporary craft, with its roots in the Chelsea Craft Fair, over 300 UK and international designer-makers. Enjoy a rich programme of cultural events including Springboard, featuring 24 of the most exciting emerging craft makers, who will show and sell their work to the public for the first time. Somerset House, Strand, London WC2 T: 020 7845 4600 www.somerset-house.org.uk 3-8, 10-15 Oct

DO… Renaissance Style A programme of courses inspired by the current Leonardo da Vinci and At Home in Renaissance Italy exhibitions, from gilding to tempera painting. V&A, Cromwell Road, London T: 020 7942 2000 www.vam.ac.uk 7-22 Oct

READ… Weaving as Metaphor Examining the small woven works produced over the past fifty years by the textile innovator Sheila Hicks, this beautiful book is a record of her remarkable artistic and personal journeys. Yale University Press, ISBN 9-780300-116854, £25 www.selvedge-bookshop.org

SUCCESS STORY Welcome to the second edition of the Selvedge newsletter, your free monthly update keeping you in touch with the world of textiles. All that we couldn’t quite squeeze into the magazine is now brought to you here and it's largely thanks to you. We had such an enthusiastic response and fantastic feedback from you for our first newsletter, so please forward this one to friends and feel free to contact us and contribute more links or ideas. If you have a show, if you’ve read something you want to recommend, or are harbouring a textiles news item, we want to know! enquiries@selvedge.org This month is a busy one. There is The Big Draw 1-31 Oct, a nationwide celebration of drawing with over 1,100 events for all ages and abilities across the UK. To find one near you visit www.thebigdraw.org.uk. Of particular pertinence for textile lovers is the Glasgow School of Art’s exhibition, Back to the Drawing Board 5-28 Oct, revealing an energetic range of approaches to drawing for embroidery, print, knit and weave www.gsa.ac.uk. October also brings us a simultaneous celebration of knitting with both National Knitting Week 14-21 Oct www.ukhandknitting.com and The Knitting & Stitching Show 12- 15 Oct www.twistedthread.com at Alexandra Palace in London, so you can visit the show and also take part in local, ingeniously titled events such as Unravel, which features a programme including Knit and Knot workshops last seen at Tate Britain, 21 Oct www.southhillpark.org.uk On the retail front, check out New Designers award winner, Megan Taylor, who is exhibiting her 3D wall coverings at DKNY www.newdesigners.com and for bespoke items browse The Shop Floor Project, an intriguing website providing a showcase space for designers of everything from fashion to furnishings www.theshopfloorproject.com
	For high culture with a twist, go and see the pioneering opera company Tête à Tête’s Odysseus Unwound, a truly ground-breaking new work that combines opera, knitting and spinning, 10 Oct-27 Nov www.tete-a-tete.org.uk.

SELVEDGE SUBS OFFER... This month we have a cheerful Lisa Stickley pencil case, worth £10, hand printed in 100% cotton and finished with a lined paper print and dotty details for every new subscriber or renewal. Remember, a subscription will save you up to 30% off the cover price.* (*Only one gift or discount per subscription. Offer ends 31 October 2006).

	READER OFFER Caroline Grove is offering one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of her bespoke andcrafted shoes, worth £1,200. In making the shoes she will source some of the finest leathers available and suggest vintage trims to create shoes fit for a princess.* (*Offer ends 31 October 2006).

INTERNATIONAL FAIRS & SHOWS The 11th World Fibres Conference The Four Seasons Hotel, 190 Orchard Boulevard, Singapore www.icisconferences.com/ fibres2006 9-10 Oct Funkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach, 1116 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33139 www.funkshion.com 11-15 Oct Textile Forum The Music Room, 26 South Molton Lane, London, UK www.textileforum.co.uk 18-19 Oct FILO 2006 Centro Congressi Stelline, Corso Magenta, 61, 20123 Milano, Italy www.filo.it 25-26 Oct