Selvedge Stories

Micro-basketry Sculptures
All images: Rita Soto. Rita Soto is a Chilean artist who makes contemporary jewellery based on traditional basketry techniques, using natural fibres as her raw materials. She is a prominent...
Micro-basketry Sculptures
All images: Rita Soto. Rita Soto is a Chilean artist who makes contemporary jewellery based on traditional basketry techniques, using natural fibres as her raw materials. She is a prominent...

Christmas Craft Kits
Image: Writers' Houses Fabric Kit: Beatrix Potter's Hilltop Farm. The Shop Floor Project was founded in 2006 by Denise Allan and Samantha Allan (mother and daughter) with the aim to...
Christmas Craft Kits
Image: Writers' Houses Fabric Kit: Beatrix Potter's Hilltop Farm. The Shop Floor Project was founded in 2006 by Denise Allan and Samantha Allan (mother and daughter) with the aim to...

Anya Paintsil
Image: Anya or Anum, 2020, Anya Paintsil. Based in Manchester, Anya Paintsil is a Welsh and Ghanaian artist working primarily with textiles. From rug hooking to embroidery, her assemblages evoke...
Anya Paintsil
Image: Anya or Anum, 2020, Anya Paintsil. Based in Manchester, Anya Paintsil is a Welsh and Ghanaian artist working primarily with textiles. From rug hooking to embroidery, her assemblages evoke...

Stocking Fillers
Image: Tentmakers of Cairo. We have turned twelve artwork from twelve of the Selvedge World Fair artisans into fridge magnets. The sets of four magnets make a perfect stocking filler...
Stocking Fillers
Image: Tentmakers of Cairo. We have turned twelve artwork from twelve of the Selvedge World Fair artisans into fridge magnets. The sets of four magnets make a perfect stocking filler...

Favourite Textile Podcasts
The next episode of our monthly Selvedge podcast is now available. In Episode 2: Plastic Fantastic Polly Leonard, Selvedge’s founder, talks to product designers redefining how we look at single...
Favourite Textile Podcasts
The next episode of our monthly Selvedge podcast is now available. In Episode 2: Plastic Fantastic Polly Leonard, Selvedge’s founder, talks to product designers redefining how we look at single...

Christmas is coming
Traditionally, once the final sparkler of Bonfire Night has been extinguished, my thoughts turn to the holidays. This year, of course is different in so many ways. At Selvedge, we...
Christmas is coming
Traditionally, once the final sparkler of Bonfire Night has been extinguished, my thoughts turn to the holidays. This year, of course is different in so many ways. At Selvedge, we...