Selvedge Stories

Restriction Miniature Exhibition
Image: Jane Gibson, Restriction. The artist uses embroidery and photomontage on khadi paper to create portraits exploring the physical and emotional constraints we've endured through mask wearing, connecting via screens and separation. Inspired...
Restriction Miniature Exhibition
Image: Jane Gibson, Restriction. The artist uses embroidery and photomontage on khadi paper to create portraits exploring the physical and emotional constraints we've endured through mask wearing, connecting via screens and separation. Inspired...

This is a Doily Free Zone
Image: Paula Hart, Jacaranda, 2019 (Installation View - Mount Pleasant Woolworths. SS316 steel wire, 240 metres. Image courtesy of the artist. Photo by Dan McBride. Delicate, sensual and precious, handmade lace...
This is a Doily Free Zone
Image: Paula Hart, Jacaranda, 2019 (Installation View - Mount Pleasant Woolworths. SS316 steel wire, 240 metres. Image courtesy of the artist. Photo by Dan McBride. Delicate, sensual and precious, handmade lace...

Sustainability and Finnsheep Wool
Finnish company Lapuan Kankurit are led by fourth generation entrepreneurs and weavers. When Esko Hjelt’s grandfather acquired their first industrial weaving looms in the 1930s, Finland was still a relatively...
Sustainability and Finnsheep Wool
Finnish company Lapuan Kankurit are led by fourth generation entrepreneurs and weavers. When Esko Hjelt’s grandfather acquired their first industrial weaving looms in the 1930s, Finland was still a relatively...

Digital Craft Festival
Image: Emma Rosa, Large Scarlet Pimpernel Brooches. From 26 - 28 March over 150 contemporary makers will be showcasing their latest work and a host of workshops and demonstrations will be...
Digital Craft Festival
Image: Emma Rosa, Large Scarlet Pimpernel Brooches. From 26 - 28 March over 150 contemporary makers will be showcasing their latest work and a host of workshops and demonstrations will be...

Backstrap Weaving Workshop
Image: Anni Albers, Intersecting (1962). Pictorial weaving, cotton and rayon, 40 x 42 cm. Photograph: The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society Anni Albers got into weaving by chance. Born in Berlin...
Backstrap Weaving Workshop
Image: Anni Albers, Intersecting (1962). Pictorial weaving, cotton and rayon, 40 x 42 cm. Photograph: The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society Anni Albers got into weaving by chance. Born in Berlin...

Revitalising the Risha
Image: Century old cotton and silk Rishas from the Tripuri Royal Family. All images courtesy of Tilla. “They wanted a designer to go into the craft ecosystem and see if there...
Revitalising the Risha
Image: Century old cotton and silk Rishas from the Tripuri Royal Family. All images courtesy of Tilla. “They wanted a designer to go into the craft ecosystem and see if there...