Selvedge Stories
FUTURE LOCAL
Image: Blankets: Duetto (blue-beige), Jakala (white-grey), and Sointu (blue-brown). Courtesy of Lapuan Kankurit. In Lapua, Finland, a tradition that began in 1917 is finding a new expression for a new future....
FUTURE LOCAL
Image: Blankets: Duetto (blue-beige), Jakala (white-grey), and Sointu (blue-brown). Courtesy of Lapuan Kankurit. In Lapua, Finland, a tradition that began in 1917 is finding a new expression for a new future....
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...
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...
