SELVEDGE JOURNAL
WARP SUN, WEFT SEED
Image: Typha fibres, from cattail plants, used for the ‘Fluff Stuff’ project. 2022. Aalto University. Courtesy of Dezeen. “You can find textiles in road construction, in architecture or, for example, in...
WARP SUN, WEFT SEED
Image: Typha fibres, from cattail plants, used for the ‘Fluff Stuff’ project. 2022. Aalto University. Courtesy of Dezeen. “You can find textiles in road construction, in architecture or, for example, in...
GONE BANANAS
Image: Bashofu lengths. Courtesy of Ryukyu Heritage Textiles Bashofu is said to have been produced in Okinawa, Japan, since the 13th century. During the Ryuku Dynasty, a specific royal government...
GONE BANANAS
Image: Bashofu lengths. Courtesy of Ryukyu Heritage Textiles Bashofu is said to have been produced in Okinawa, Japan, since the 13th century. During the Ryuku Dynasty, a specific royal government...
OPERATIC EPICS
Image: William Kentridge in front of Carte Hypsométrique de l’Empire Russe, 2022. Hand-woven mohair tapestry. 400 x 600 cm. William Kentridge Studio, Johannesburg © William Kentridge. In 2001, the acclaimed...
OPERATIC EPICS
Image: William Kentridge in front of Carte Hypsométrique de l’Empire Russe, 2022. Hand-woven mohair tapestry. 400 x 600 cm. William Kentridge Studio, Johannesburg © William Kentridge. In 2001, the acclaimed...
SADDLE STITCH
Image: Detail of Community. James Fox. Courtesy of the artist. James Fox is a Lancashire-based textile artist working in machine embroidery and reverse appliqué. His exhibition, Freedom of Movement, is at The...
SADDLE STITCH
Image: Detail of Community. James Fox. Courtesy of the artist. James Fox is a Lancashire-based textile artist working in machine embroidery and reverse appliqué. His exhibition, Freedom of Movement, is at The...
MASTER CRAFT
Image: Hitoshi Maida yuzen-dyeing. Courtesy of The Japan Foundation. In Japan, yuzen-dyeing became the fashionable at the end of the 17th century. It is a paste resist-dyeing technique, used to create large,...
MASTER CRAFT
Image: Hitoshi Maida yuzen-dyeing. Courtesy of The Japan Foundation. In Japan, yuzen-dyeing became the fashionable at the end of the 17th century. It is a paste resist-dyeing technique, used to create large,...
KEEPING TIME
Image: Colourful bobbins. Courtesy of Whitchurch Silk Mill. Whitchurch Silk Mill is the oldest silk mill in the UK, built in 1813 on land owned by the Dean and Chapter...
KEEPING TIME
Image: Colourful bobbins. Courtesy of Whitchurch Silk Mill. Whitchurch Silk Mill is the oldest silk mill in the UK, built in 1813 on land owned by the Dean and Chapter...
