Category Archives: textiles

blue + white

Posted on 08/05/2013 by

The British painter Howard Hodgkin‘s Brush fabric. Blueware tiles by Glithero featuring photograms of London weeds. A 2007 sculpture by Li Xiaofeng made from broken Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain. Source: NYT :: Delft Touch

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beetle wings III

Posted on 29/03/2013 by

Detail (above) of a turquoise gown (left) that Charlize Theron wears in Snow White and the Huntsman. It is trimmed with thousands of discarded jewel-beetle wings from Thailand, where the insect is a delicacy. Colleen Atwood, the film’s costumer designer, … Continue reading →

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forever weeping its luminescent frays

Posted on 28/09/2012 by

At Hobby Lobby by Rosa Alcalá She tosses a bolt of fabric into the air. Hill country, prairie, a horse trots there. I say three yards, and her eyes say more: What you need is guidance, a hand that can … Continue reading →

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needle lamp

Posted on 27/09/2012 by

Needle Lamp by Vitamin | via NYT

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myThread

Posted on 18/09/2012 by

Architectural designer Jenny Sabin tapped her experience and keen interest in science and molecular biology to create the myThread Pavilion. Using a mechanical process called tension knitting, each part of the spiderweb-like structure was woven concentrically to create seamless 3D … Continue reading →

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edo stripe

Posted on 17/08/2012 by

Graduating shaded stripe textile, Plain weave cotton; Japan; end of Edo period, 1673-1750 :: via iznogoodgood

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alma sewing

Posted on 03/08/2012 by

Alma Sewing (circa 1935) ~ Francis Criss | HT Dan McCarthy

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boetti

Posted on 30/06/2012 by

Alternando da 1 a 100 e viceversa
 (1993) Dama
 (1968) Autodisporsi 
(1974) Art by Alighiero Boetti HT NYT :: The Whole World, Stitched and Patched: Alighiero Boetti Retrospective at Museum of Modern Art

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historical handbags

Posted on 13/06/2012 by

Sweetmeat purse, French, c. 1670–80. Made with silk and metal brocade, braid and ribbon. Purse, Boucheron, French, c. 1880. Made with gold. The jeweler Boucheron opened in Paris in 1858. This change purse consists of twelve overlapping panels attached to … Continue reading →

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‘quietly seductive’

Posted on 11/05/2012 by

Bead ‘paintings’ by Liza Lou Video: Liza Lou reads extracts from Durban Diaries HT the arts desk

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