If you get the chance then do visit this exceptional show of boro cloth at Somerset House. Boro (rag) cloths and clothes were made in Japan by the rural poor during the Edo period (1603 – 1868). Traders sold worn out cotton garments from the south of the country and the fragments were patched and layered […]
Boro at Somerset House
Faces in the crowd…
Walking down to the art suppliers I saw these faces then the warehouse under renovation. Are they past or future local inhabitants? I have no idea but enjoyed this temporary art which brightened up my day. Thanks to the artist/s for your work.
Margo Selby Textiles
I first came across Margo Selby when she was a student and I was in the silk business as one of our Indian suppliers took her on for a placement. A master weaver, her style is very distinctive and I was impressed by the progression in terms of design and fabrication of her furnishing fabrics, several of […]
Rocio Moreno at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan.
Ah, the Milan Furniture Fair will be taking over the city from the 8th to 13th of this month and for those of us unable to attend I wanted to highlight the exquisite silk fabric collection of Rocio Moreno showing at WMilano for the first 3 days. Launched in 2008 they have been steadily building […]
Crafted: Makers of the Exceptional – textiles
I’ve already written about Margo Selby in an earlier post so here are some other makers I saw at the show. Fair Isle Knitwear, set up by “blow-in” Mati Ventrillon who now lives on the island, offers bespoke traditionally knitted Fair Isle jumpers, all dried on the ” woolly horse” wooden rack, a rather lovely thing […]
Crafted: Makers of the Exceptional – Furniture
Ah, John Galvin. I am an unashamed fan of his work as previous posts attest and loved the use of Purple Heart wood for the inside of his minutely detailed American black walnut drinks cabinet. I’m assured that all his wood is sustainably sourced which only makes it better. Katie Walker showed her interpretation of […]