Selvedge Stories

Woven Words at Sotheby's: Afghan Poetry in Thread
This summer, Sotheby's Bond Street becomes home to an extraordinary celebration of Afghan textile heritage. Weaving Poems, a collaboration between Turquoise Mountain and Sotheby's, presents fourteen exquisite carpets that transform...
Woven Words at Sotheby's: Afghan Poetry in Thread
This summer, Sotheby's Bond Street becomes home to an extraordinary celebration of Afghan textile heritage. Weaving Poems, a collaboration between Turquoise Mountain and Sotheby's, presents fourteen exquisite carpets that transform...

Text and Textiles: Katy Bevan's Publishing Revo...
In the bustling world of modern publishing, where plastic-coated covers and mass production dominate, Katy Bevan is quietly revolutionising how we think about craft books. Her publishing house, Quickthorn Books,...
Text and Textiles: Katy Bevan's Publishing Revo...
In the bustling world of modern publishing, where plastic-coated covers and mass production dominate, Katy Bevan is quietly revolutionising how we think about craft books. Her publishing house, Quickthorn Books,...

A Tribute to John McQueen
It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of artist John McQueen. Rhonda Brown and Tom Grotta from browngrotta arts have generously shared their moving tribute to...
A Tribute to John McQueen
It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of artist John McQueen. Rhonda Brown and Tom Grotta from browngrotta arts have generously shared their moving tribute to...

5 Minutes with Liaqat Rasul: Memory, Making and...
Now in its ninth year, Art in Manufacturing places artists directly on the factory floor. One of this year's commissions is by Liaqat Rasul, a queer Welsh-Pakistani artist whose work unfolds...
5 Minutes with Liaqat Rasul: Memory, Making and...
Now in its ninth year, Art in Manufacturing places artists directly on the factory floor. One of this year's commissions is by Liaqat Rasul, a queer Welsh-Pakistani artist whose work unfolds...

A City Stitched Together: London Textile Month ...
This September, Selvedge is weaving something new into the fabric of the UK capital. For the very first time, we’re hosting London Textile Month — a citywide celebration of cloth and...
A City Stitched Together: London Textile Month ...
This September, Selvedge is weaving something new into the fabric of the UK capital. For the very first time, we’re hosting London Textile Month — a citywide celebration of cloth and...

Knit One, Purl Twenty: Loop Celebrates a Milest...
When Susan Cropper opened Loop in Camden Passage twenty years ago this summer, she probably didn't imagine it would become the kind of place where strangers become friends over a...
Knit One, Purl Twenty: Loop Celebrates a Milest...
When Susan Cropper opened Loop in Camden Passage twenty years ago this summer, she probably didn't imagine it would become the kind of place where strangers become friends over a...