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Guest Blog post – Andre Benis of Shogun Designs
Andre Benis' family has been involved in the production of Japanese textiles for many generations. Here he shares with us both his family history and motivation behind Shogun designs. Having...
Guest Blog post – Andre Benis of Shogun Designs
Andre Benis' family has been involved in the production of Japanese textiles for many generations. Here he shares with us both his family history and motivation behind Shogun designs. Having...
Guest Blog Post – Fibre Arts Network
Karen LeBlanc, owner of Loominations weaving studio and gallery, has been weaving for approximately 40 years. She started weaving as a child on a backstrap loom and then attended the...
Guest Blog Post – Fibre Arts Network
Karen LeBlanc, owner of Loominations weaving studio and gallery, has been weaving for approximately 40 years. She started weaving as a child on a backstrap loom and then attended the...
Cut from the past
“The 18th century is the high point of art and culture” – Dame Vivienne Westwood. It's easy to see how influenced Vivienne Westwood is by the fashions and aesthetics of...
Cut from the past
“The 18th century is the high point of art and culture” – Dame Vivienne Westwood. It's easy to see how influenced Vivienne Westwood is by the fashions and aesthetics of...
mechants enfants
Originally an architect Agnès Emery has been specialising in textiles, paints and interior design for twenty years. Although her designs up until this point have been for adults, her latest...
mechants enfants
Originally an architect Agnès Emery has been specialising in textiles, paints and interior design for twenty years. Although her designs up until this point have been for adults, her latest...
Revelations
There is a theory that we process more information in one day than an illiterate person in the 18th century would in their entire life. And although we are accustomed...
Revelations
There is a theory that we process more information in one day than an illiterate person in the 18th century would in their entire life. And although we are accustomed...
SJo
'I intend to re-introduce value to the consumer, the rural artisan and the craft through the end product, re-establishing the tender relationship between woman and needle' Handmade by women from...
SJo
'I intend to re-introduce value to the consumer, the rural artisan and the craft through the end product, re-establishing the tender relationship between woman and needle' Handmade by women from...