Selvedge Stories
Islamic Talismanic Shirts: Sacred Stitches and ...
Talismanic shirts, a sacred garment in Islamic culture, were believed to protect their wearers from bodily and spiritual harm. Intricately ornamented with sacred motifs and verses from the Quran, they...
Islamic Talismanic Shirts: Sacred Stitches and ...
Talismanic shirts, a sacred garment in Islamic culture, were believed to protect their wearers from bodily and spiritual harm. Intricately ornamented with sacred motifs and verses from the Quran, they...
Chris Aslan: Unravelling the Silk Road
Has the latest issue of Selvedge sparked a little wanderlust for Central Asia? If so, Chris Aslan’s Unravelling the Silk Road: Travels and Textiles in Central Asia might just tempt...
Chris Aslan: Unravelling the Silk Road
Has the latest issue of Selvedge sparked a little wanderlust for Central Asia? If so, Chris Aslan’s Unravelling the Silk Road: Travels and Textiles in Central Asia might just tempt...
Echoes of the Silk Road: Bobur Ismailov’s Theat...
Artist Bobur Ismailov is fascinated by textiles and costumes. His paintings resemble stage sets – empty houses or quiet courtyards behind city walls, inhabited by characters in ornate headdresses and...
Echoes of the Silk Road: Bobur Ismailov’s Theat...
Artist Bobur Ismailov is fascinated by textiles and costumes. His paintings resemble stage sets – empty houses or quiet courtyards behind city walls, inhabited by characters in ornate headdresses and...
From Madrasa to Cinema to Suzani Embroidery
The vaulted room where Zarina Isomoa and her mother, Zaynab Murodova work used to be the cinema in Soviet times. It is a cool vaulted chamber, ideal for the blisteringly...
From Madrasa to Cinema to Suzani Embroidery
The vaulted room where Zarina Isomoa and her mother, Zaynab Murodova work used to be the cinema in Soviet times. It is a cool vaulted chamber, ideal for the blisteringly...
Travel the Silk Road with the British Museum
The Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum is now in its final week. If you’re in London and feeling inspired by the latest issue of Selvedge magazine, now is...
Travel the Silk Road with the British Museum
The Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum is now in its final week. If you’re in London and feeling inspired by the latest issue of Selvedge magazine, now is...
OUT NOW: Issue 123 - Silk Road
Camel caravans crossing desert dunes, merchants trading silks at bazaars–these are the stereotypical images that come to mind when we think of the Silk Roads. But the reality goes far...
OUT NOW: Issue 123 - Silk Road
Camel caravans crossing desert dunes, merchants trading silks at bazaars–these are the stereotypical images that come to mind when we think of the Silk Roads. But the reality goes far...
