18th century embroidery

 bernadetee banner et al are on it! 

chiharu shiota

 beautiful. but if cats get in there..... 

the coin

a film using felt? clearly i'm not going to pass that up! lovely 

sofi thanhauser

at last i appear to be on the mend but still keeping myself diverted with podcastery! on from monday's guardian vid and the subsequent post on circular design, i found myself, again, listening to garmology via well dressed dad, but this time with sofi thanhauser talking about her book worn - a people's history of clothing. 

so far, so fascinating. i'm unconvinced with the (to me) reductive nature of all the identity shenanigans whirling about at the moment which (to me) seem like an inevitable product of late capitalism rather than any move to actual equality. thanhauser upends all of this by looking at objects rather people and the processes by which they arrive, and in doing so achieves the neat trick of an intersectionality (sic! lol) between capital, colonialism, exploitation, forced labour, climate, identity etc.

and again, i'm really grateful, again, for my brief island childhood and the appreciation it gave me for not wasting anything, being able to fix things and knowing where they came from.

historically accurate fantasy clothing

someone who can set out the parameters of their argument first. if this woman was my daughter i would dance a jig! i would massively recommend watching her videos where she redraws the covers of historical romances with period accurate clothing. be warned tho, if you go down this path it can ruin your tv and  movie watching!

while i'm at it, i noticed in the comments someone telling a story about re-enactors who couldn't make black dye in northern europe and thus speculated that the night watch must have had access to black sheep. which, while he may have a point, neglects the fact that northern europe really did have black dye. check out some trials here - i've made ink in a not dissimilar manner. it wasn't nice. perhaps i should've looked up the first ever dyeing book - so niche it doesn't even have a wikipedia page!

leather scrap kimono

 

came across this via spoon and tamago. sublime. 

emily sladen

no textile art on here for ages so here's emily sladen

bisa butler

when you read about bisa butler you read about african/brightly coloured fabric. which, to me, just feels a bit racist, a bit misogynistic. what she is, is a textile artist, who describes herself as a storyteller, who breathes life and colour into pictures of long forgotten african americans and in doing so makes her art both contemporary and political, as well as being really accomplished in her craft. that's art for me.

christiaan lieverse

multimedia/textile artist christiaan lieverse - all about the interesting

canan berber

canan berber's work just makes me feel better about the world. can't say better than that

gordana brelih

i have far too little quilting on here and looking at gordana brelih i'm reminded again of the massive skill and imagination that goes into one of these

deirde adams

i love deirde adams. colour balance, media, it's all in there for me. i wish i could do half as much.

alexandra drenth

alexandra drenth is one of those textile artists that really catches my eye. i love this for starters but i'm equally beguiled by her simpler (but much more complex!!) narrative embroideries. check her out....

betty busby

betty busby - a firm connection to the natural world, can't argue with that.

olga de amaral

starts with textile and then evolves into a whole lot more. i look at the work of olga de amaral and realise just how much i could up my game!

nandipha mntambo

i love these and it makes me just want to run out, buy some gear and make something similar. in my head it goes smoothly, then i think about it and it all becomes much more tricky! she does all manner of other things besides. check her out.

mary sibande

textile's never a bad way to start the week and mary sibande smashes it out of the park

ghada amer

if anyone ever says stitch can't be subversive then step up ghader amer. these are beautiful to look at but she's got an agenda that just doesn't give up. makes me want to cheer!

owusu aukomah

to enter the world of owusu aukromah is to enter the domain do textile and adinkra symbols - check it out

kim ji min

i can't find a website for kim ji min which is a shame as it would be great to see more about his work. he's stretching the definition of textile art with this. see detail here