Selvedge Stories
PAH-YONK-EE
Image: Detail of sunny pająki. Courtesy of SELVEDGE and Karolina Merska. Pająki (pronounced: pah-yonk-ee) are traditional Polish chandeliers, made by hand, for special occasions— delicate, colourful, intricate structures, made of rye...
PAH-YONK-EE
Image: Detail of sunny pająki. Courtesy of SELVEDGE and Karolina Merska. Pająki (pronounced: pah-yonk-ee) are traditional Polish chandeliers, made by hand, for special occasions— delicate, colourful, intricate structures, made of rye...
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...
THEY REMAIN
Image: Poppies. Photo: Jayne Burton for the Royal British Legion. Text: Sarah Jane Downing The value of embroidery to occupy and calm those afflicted with combat stress was enshrined during...
THEY REMAIN
Image: Poppies. Photo: Jayne Burton for the Royal British Legion. Text: Sarah Jane Downing The value of embroidery to occupy and calm those afflicted with combat stress was enshrined during...
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...
