Selvedge Stories
The Height of Fashion
“Denim is not denim, knitting is not knitting and flowing garments are not flowing garments.” The world of Deborah Cook – costume designer at animation production studio Laika films –...
The Height of Fashion
“Denim is not denim, knitting is not knitting and flowing garments are not flowing garments.” The world of Deborah Cook – costume designer at animation production studio Laika films –...
Wild Workshops
Known for her extraordinarily dramatic felt animal masks, Gladys Paulus can still remember an important moment of about ten years ago. “It was my first experience of making felt, of...
Wild Workshops
Known for her extraordinarily dramatic felt animal masks, Gladys Paulus can still remember an important moment of about ten years ago. “It was my first experience of making felt, of...
Weekend of the Maker
Guest blog post – Camilla Westergaard from Folksy introduces the Weekend of the Maker, which takes place in Sheffield on 26-27 November. The Weekend of the Maker came from a desire...
Weekend of the Maker
Guest blog post – Camilla Westergaard from Folksy introduces the Weekend of the Maker, which takes place in Sheffield on 26-27 November. The Weekend of the Maker came from a desire...
Paint your own wrapping paper
It is a truism that there are not nearly enough shops left where you can buy ribbons; in the world, in England, in London. And if you want to roll...
Paint your own wrapping paper
It is a truism that there are not nearly enough shops left where you can buy ribbons; in the world, in England, in London. And if you want to roll...
Meeting Makers
'Most craft work is both intrinsically solitary and unavoidably collegiate. If the independent textile artist makes work at the loom, say, she must do so in sole command of her...
Meeting Makers
'Most craft work is both intrinsically solitary and unavoidably collegiate. If the independent textile artist makes work at the loom, say, she must do so in sole command of her...
Materials matter
Guest blog post - a review of the Textile Society’s London Antique Textile Fair, Sunday 2nd October 2016 by Lucinda Merriman. Stepping off a bustling King’s Road into Chelsea’s Victorian Town...
Materials matter
Guest blog post - a review of the Textile Society’s London Antique Textile Fair, Sunday 2nd October 2016 by Lucinda Merriman. Stepping off a bustling King’s Road into Chelsea’s Victorian Town...
