Spin, Dye, Weave

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Pirate TechnicsThe Baobab Tree.

Standing 18 meters (or 46 feet) tall, is an awesome new tree sculpture made of 80 different types of fabric. The Baobab Tree, created by Pirate Technics, was inspired by Africa’s baobab tree, which is the oldest living specimen in Africa and has long been a symbol for community. Rings about 16 feet wide were used to build the tree before it was wrapped with fabric. It sits outside the Southbank Centre in London, England. (by  alice)

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idreamcreateandadmire:

Knitted skulls, by Hildur Bjarnadottir

” When I was four years old my mother taught me how to knit, crochet and sew. I was raised immersed in a textile environment. My mother was a knitting and sewing teacher, and I would constantly be knitting or making crafts.

One thing my mother did not teach me was to follow patterns; everything I made she had me design myself. The line between art and craft is hazy, and is based on context as well as concept.

In my art I explore this fine line between decorative, usable crafts and conceptual art. My work takes the focus from the usefulness and beauty that textiles are generally connected with and places it more on simple techniques and the inherent properties of the materials. I work with as well as against the materials and traditional textile rules.” – Hildur Bjarnadottir

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heirloomrug:

Orientalist

So many lovely textiles in one room, yum.

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jbe200quilts:

Vintage Rose Garden   Quiltmaker: Judith Thompson

ohchloe:

I felt a family of lampreys

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artssake:

Phillip Stearns ‘glitch’

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awkwardfoal:

mind-blowing metal embroidery

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textilenerd:

In case anyone was ever curious who/what a textile nerd might take a special affection to, here is a rough rendering of such a creature.

(read: Joe- weaver, kind of a big deal, my studio bro for life)

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patternbase:

‘Thermo’ by  Jeannine Han

More of Jeannine Han’s work can be seen HERE.

“Thermo-[cube] is an intelligent textile experiment in dynamic patterns. A fabric was silkscreened using a combination of temperature sensitive and non-temperature sensitive inks. When put into environments of varying emperature, various hidden patterns are revealed.”

Throughout the duration of our Kick Starter campaign, we’ll be giving you sneak peeks of the submissions we’ve been receiving for our upcoming publication, ‘PATTERNBASE’.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kristiomeara/patternbase-a-book-of-contemporary-textile-and-sur

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