Tag: textiles
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A rest for the blog
Next weekend I am going to give a talk to the Professional Weavers’ Network and the following week I shall be away for a couple of weeks for the Costume and Textile Symposium and a look-see around Whanganui. The blog will be taking a rest while I am away and I am looking forward to…
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Maytime in Mayfair
Mayfair, in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, is an expensive and desirable place to live. And work. Today Mayfair is home to some of the most expensive real estate in the country, (although this wasn’t always the case), and it boasts luxury hotels and shops as well as being commemorated on the London…
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Russia’s textile printing industry
The studio collection has some examples of ikat-dyed robes from Uzbekistan but it is their linings that hold a fascinating story. Russia has a long history of printing on textiles. Its proximity to Asian and European countries meant that advances in printing (and other processes) were easily absorbed and altered to fit local tastes. During…
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Wool, whaling and the Red Bay burial
In the North-east corner of Canada lies the settlement of Red Bay the hiding place of a marvellous secret for four hundred years. In the sixteenth century, Basque whalers established a station in Red Bay from where oil was sent to Europe to light lamps, make soap and to be used in the leather and…
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Weave and music
The links between weaving and music are strong. In this fascinating article Eleanora Giglione explores some of the ideas that bring weaving, looms and music together.
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Scott Norris
A visitor to the studio in Māwhera/ Greymouth this week spoke about a friend, Scott Norris, who weaves words and images in labours of love. Scott Norris lives in Massachusetts in the United States, and works in a converted garage at Elam’s Widow. Fascinated by words and stories, Norris weaves images – vignettes of past…
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Winter workshop series
The West Coast Cloth Company’s series of workshops for winter is now open for bookings. If you love playing with fibre or colour or both check out the new series of weaving workshops. There is something for almost everyone, from beginners to experienced weavers who want to try something different. To see the list head…
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Conserving Degas
When it comes to textiles, conservation of art works requires care and meticulous attention to detail, not to mention hours of research. This video from 2018 by the Metropolitan Museum of New York explains how costume conservator, Glenn Peterson, worked on “The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer” by Degas so that it could continue to be displayed.…
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Boy Knits World
Jake Henzler is an Australian knitter, creator of whimsical figures and colourful architecture. Inspired by the tall houses of Copenhagen and Amsterdam while on an extended stay overseas, he also has designed patterns for houses in Sydney, native trees of Australia, and The Grand Hotel, an homage to Wes Anderson’s film: The Grand Budapest Hotel.…
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Vadim Mikhailov
A recent news article in the New York Times drew attention to Vadim Mikhailov, a protest artist who works with textiles. Repurposing cloth, carpets, costume and the like has long been the stock-in-trade of those who protest against what they perceive as injustice: Brazilian-Swiss artist, Eva de Souza, for example, or Korean-born Aram Han Sifuentes…