Selvedge Stories

Design in Relief: Tactile Thinking with Chiaras...
Since founding her studio in Venice in 2002, Chiarastella Cattana has woven a world in which Italian textile heritage and contemporary design sensibility meet on equal terms. Her practice is...
Design in Relief: Tactile Thinking with Chiaras...
Since founding her studio in Venice in 2002, Chiarastella Cattana has woven a world in which Italian textile heritage and contemporary design sensibility meet on equal terms. Her practice is...

Natalina Figarella: Four Decades of Corsican Ba...
A vannière’s life dedicated to preserving and reimagining an ancient craft. Written by Johanne Bertaux-Strenna. Last spring in Corsica, on an unseasonably warm day, I travelled to meet master basket...
Natalina Figarella: Four Decades of Corsican Ba...
A vannière’s life dedicated to preserving and reimagining an ancient craft. Written by Johanne Bertaux-Strenna. Last spring in Corsica, on an unseasonably warm day, I travelled to meet master basket...

Roots and Reeds: A Bonacina Family History
Rattan begins as a wild thing—climbing, twisting, unpredictable—until it meets the heat of human hands. In the book Bonacina: The Beauty of Rattan, this transformation becomes art, tradition, and a...
Roots and Reeds: A Bonacina Family History
Rattan begins as a wild thing—climbing, twisting, unpredictable—until it meets the heat of human hands. In the book Bonacina: The Beauty of Rattan, this transformation becomes art, tradition, and a...

Textile Treasures Await at the American Museum ...
Are you joining us at the American Museum & Gardens on 12 July for the Selvedge Makers’ Fair? If so, you’re in for a real treat - your ticket also includes...
Textile Treasures Await at the American Museum ...
Are you joining us at the American Museum & Gardens on 12 July for the Selvedge Makers’ Fair? If so, you’re in for a real treat - your ticket also includes...

Louis Nye: Reflections and Apparitions
Louis Nye’s contribution to the show De Cuando Jugábamos at Galería Silvestre explored the structural limitations inherent in weaving - fixed widths, predetermined thread counts, and the binary logic of horizontal and...
Louis Nye: Reflections and Apparitions
Louis Nye’s contribution to the show De Cuando Jugábamos at Galería Silvestre explored the structural limitations inherent in weaving - fixed widths, predetermined thread counts, and the binary logic of horizontal and...

Meraki, and the Mythic Craft of Begrims
Time stretches as the cicadas sing through the stillness. Women work side by side, passing threads as if weaving a spell. Between them flows a tapestry of conversation: old stories,...
Meraki, and the Mythic Craft of Begrims
Time stretches as the cicadas sing through the stillness. Women work side by side, passing threads as if weaving a spell. Between them flows a tapestry of conversation: old stories,...