Monthly Archives: November 2021

There is something curious, disturbing and bizarre in Guadalupe Maravilla's works. His freestanding sculptures entitled "Disease Throwers", for example, are assemblages of found objects – among them shells, ropes, bits and pieces of metal and parts of anatomical models – … Continue reading →

The fashion industry is in mourning after it was announced that Virgil Abloh, 41, founder of Off-White and Men's Artistic Director at Louis Vuitton, died on Sunday from a rare and aggressive form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma. Messages started pouring … Continue reading →

Marionettes have always been a great fashion inspiration, so let's look today at very intriguing ones by a master puppet maker, craftsman Frank Paris. Marionettes and puppets inspired him from a young age and at 13 he used to organise … Continue reading →

Looking for a cool DIY project for yourself or for an innovative Christmas present for a friend who's into fashion? Check out the sewing kits on the Pattern Project site.  The South London micro-factory manufactures and sells ready-to-wear clothing (including … Continue reading →

We have looked at the potential of 'Hanji' – that is traditional Korean handmade paper made from the inner bark of Broussonetia papyrifera, colloquially known as paper mulberry – combined with cotton in a previous post that featured Hanji paper … Continue reading →

Art can be used to tell a story and Basil Kincaid does so through works often made using textiles. By painting with fabrics and threads, he creates quilted tapestries, three-dimensional sculptural pieces and embroidered canvases that talk to gallery and … Continue reading →

Can fashion be art? This is one of those questions destined to remain unanswered that keep on coming back and appearing in interviews with designers and critics. Some people do think that fashion can be inspired by art and it … Continue reading →

Draping is not easy in fashion, but it is even more difficult in architecture. After all, when you create draped motifs with fabrics you are playing with a soft and pliable material, but, doing that in architecture and obtaining the … Continue reading →

When we think about tufted designs, our mind immediately conjures up super-soft decorative rugs and tapestries maybe characterised by abstract motifs and by a special tactile quality about them. Yet, while Sam Druant's tufted tapestries are definitely soft, the themes … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at one of the projects, focused on colours and sustainability, that won the latest edition of the Henry van de Velde Awards in the category Design Research. Let's move for today onto another winner, this … Continue reading →