This is a norrøn vararfeldur, the closest you can come to a rya in the Viking period. In Norwegian it’s called a gråfell (grey fleece). It was woven in Iceland in November, 2010 by Hildur Hakonard…
The accomplishments of Frida Hansen (1855-1931) as an entrepreneur, a crucial figure in the revival of Norwegian weaving, teacher, designer, and fine artist are difficult to summarize in a short ov…
This article first appeared in the February 2006 issue of the Norwegian Textile Letter. Katherine Dickerson took a deep dive into a technical analysis of flesberg technique, comparing it to the mor…
I’m excited to tell you about my new book, Norwegian Pick-up Bandweaving, Schiffer Publishing, 2014 (Fig. 1). This is the book I would have liked to have had more than forty years ago, when I wove …
Bound with loose threads and inscribed with sinuous lines that crawl across the page, the textile works created by Tennessee-based artist Rima Day evoke the Japanese good luck charms called sennibari. Translating to “thousand person stitches,” the Japanese amulet was developed during war times when women would ask friends, family, and even strangers to make a knot on a piece of fabric, which was then gifted to a soldier for protection. More
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This is Harriet Popham's narrative dress celebrating the relationship between her mother and father in letters and photographs, transfered, embroidered and embelished simply stunning work.
Hand drawn Tribal African font typeface and ethnic mask . Letters for your design, wallaper, textile, print. African culture. Fabric afro ornament. **The ZIP archive contains:** - African Font (.otf) + BONUS: - 15 african patterns (eps, jpeg) - 3 african masks (eps, jpeg, png) **I hope you will be satisfied.** **Enjoy using!**
These are the letters that some of the Montagnard backstrap weavers with whom I studied have been weaving into bag straps using one of their traditional warp float techniques. As you can see the ba…
Noting that messages are now more often sent digitally, a group of creatives got together to make digital messages become more tangible, yet still
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Square was conceived by Finnish (?) designers Erkki Pennanen and Kari Lilja. They submitted the aptly named biform typeface to the permanent contest organized by Mecanorma, the French manufacturer of dry transfer lettering sheets. Square was selected as a contest winner, and issu
COMEALIGHIEROBOETTI Opera collettiva, ottobre 2015
March/April 2009 I HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE about the relationship between text and textiles but remain intrigued by the textile terms, that have made their way into our everyday language. I have been looking forward to putting this issue together for some time. Even so I was surprised to discover the depth of the affinity textile people have for words, letters and literature. Overwhelmed by material we have already formulated a plan for our “Literary issue, Volume II” in the future. This first foray seems to revolve around “Ladies of Letters” past and present. We had the good fortune to catch up with author Tracy Chevalier during a break in her schedule. She recently completed her latest book and had time to explain how her detailed historical novels, in particular her tale of The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, take shape. The painstaking task of reconstructing the modes and manners of the past is made possible by those who take the trouble to document their experiences in diaries and correspondence. The voice of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, is heard centuries later in her colourful descriptions of clothing in her Turkish Embassy Letters written during her tour of the East. We don’t travel quite so far afield as Lady Montagu this issue, instead we cross to Ireland where we are guided by the eloquent and charming John Rocha, through the myriad of contemporary and historic Irish crafts. In this, the first of a series of journeys around the UK and Ireland, we are introduced to the work of Tim Ryan, Angela O’Kelly and Liz Nilsson who will be exhibiting at this year’s Collect for the first time. At this time of year our attention also turns to new graduates. We highlight nine students from the Royal College of Art, who are tipping the gender balance and changing the way the department has traditionally worked. We want to wish all new graduates success in the future and hope to welcome all our readers to our stand at the New Designers’ exhibition in Islington in July, July 9-11 or at the Li Edelkoort presentation, sponsored by Selvedge. Enjoy the spring bank holidays. Children and weather permitting, I plan to spread a blanket in the sun and open a good book – if you plan to be more adventurous you might be interested in our May Day suggestions. Polly Leonard, Founder
Evi erzählt mehr über ihre Liebe zum Lettering, verrät ihre besten Tipps & Tricks und hat eine einfache Anleitung für eine schnell Geburtstagskarte
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