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17 Nov

René Fumeron

René Fumeron

Currently admiring the work of René Fumeron, a French designer whose work with both Gobelin and Pinton Frères factory in Aubusson is a shining testament to the 50s and 60s.

 
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22 Oct

Alba Prat

Alba Prat

And so to Berlin, Berlin! and the work of Berlin fashion designer Alba Prat, a sculptural and breathtakingly post-post-modern voice. Her Tron-inspired collection, “Digitalized,”  features …

 
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27 May

Bedroom in the Palazo Segredo, Venice, c.1718

Bedroom in the Palazo Segredo, Venice, c.1718

…and their order will make no difference at all.

 
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16 May

Kantha: Embroidered Quilts of Bengal

Kantha: Embroidered Quilts of Bengal

There is the quality of life springing from these works, which are created using myriad tiny coloured stitches that play upon a plain ground cloth; which is typically white.

 
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13 Mar

Manufacture des Gobelins

Manufacture des Gobelins

Here are some detailed views of the tapestry Cupid and Psyche, woven at Manufacture des Gobelins, Paris and hanging in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, …

 
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11 Feb

Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen

A master of articulation, cut, form, accessory, pattern, colour, shape, but also of dark poetry, mystique, boundless lands and danger.

 
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14 Oct

Pomegranate: The Enduring Motif

Pomegranate: The Enduring Motif

In Greek mythology the fruit appears in the story of Persephone, stolen by Hades to the underworld. It was a symbol to the Helenic world of marriage, life and regeneration, which equally translated in medieval times to a symbol of fertility.

 
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05 Sep

Contemporary Folk: Paula Nadelstern & Co

Contemporary Folk: Paula Nadelstern & Co

Found materials and gathered matter is the construct of many a patch-worked textile as it is also with the ‘contents’ that create the patterns in a Kaleidoscope. It seems fitting that there is a dialogue between the two mediums, both operating on the same principle of playing with the ‘found’.

 
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01 Sep

Silk Ikats from central Asia

Silk Ikats from central Asia

The variance of tone in a dyed portion of yarn can be a beautiful thing in itself, but when interwoven and treated in various ways it can be transformed into a piece of visual poetry.

 
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