Selvedge Stories
Crime & Quilting
Criminal Quilts is an art and archives project, crafted and researched by textile artist Ruth Singer. During 2017 and 2018 Ruth is Artist in Residence at the Staffordshire Record Office, researching and creating artworks...
Crime & Quilting
Criminal Quilts is an art and archives project, crafted and researched by textile artist Ruth Singer. During 2017 and 2018 Ruth is Artist in Residence at the Staffordshire Record Office, researching and creating artworks...
Sheer Delight
In the new lace issue of Selvedge, Kate Cavendish explores how contemporary designers are using sheer to explore the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer... For Spring / Summer 2018,...
Sheer Delight
In the new lace issue of Selvedge, Kate Cavendish explores how contemporary designers are using sheer to explore the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer... For Spring / Summer 2018,...
Silhouettes in Salvador
The city of Salvador is home to some of the world’s most dramatic, traditional lace dresses, and German photographer Anne Menke has captured it in film. The traditional dress worn...
Silhouettes in Salvador
The city of Salvador is home to some of the world’s most dramatic, traditional lace dresses, and German photographer Anne Menke has captured it in film. The traditional dress worn...
Blue Yonder
In Selvedge 82, The Lace Issue, flax takes to the skies... Covering an aeroplane framework with fabric is like taking on a dressmaking project – on a giant scale. It...
Blue Yonder
In Selvedge 82, The Lace Issue, flax takes to the skies... Covering an aeroplane framework with fabric is like taking on a dressmaking project – on a giant scale. It...
Dance Yourself Dizzy
An excerpt straight from the Selvedge 82, The Lace Issue... Known throughout the Western world as ‘Whirling Dervishes’, people of the Mevlevi Order take a unique approach to meditation. As...
Dance Yourself Dizzy
An excerpt straight from the Selvedge 82, The Lace Issue... Known throughout the Western world as ‘Whirling Dervishes’, people of the Mevlevi Order take a unique approach to meditation. As...
Drawn Thread Work
To celebrate the launch of Selvedge 82, The Lace Issue, we're publishing an excerpt of Bradley Quinn's fascinating article about the influence of lace on architecture... Textiles and architecture are coming together in...
Drawn Thread Work
To celebrate the launch of Selvedge 82, The Lace Issue, we're publishing an excerpt of Bradley Quinn's fascinating article about the influence of lace on architecture... Textiles and architecture are coming together in...