From the editors of Textile Forum magazine (1982-2013)
Le Radici sono Importanti- Roots are Important- exhibition by Jonatan E. Jurkowski This exhibition by a young artist, who won a prize at the last Young Textile Art Triennial (YTAT) was held at the Book... Read more
Lodz textile events Part 2 In Lodz there was more going on than the 18th International Textile Triennial that I reviewed on October 30. First of all the Central Museum of Textiles had organised some... Read more
The End of the International Tapestry Triennial of Lodz? 18th International Textile Triennial – Deconstruction / Reconstruction, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, 11 October 2025 – 12 April 2026 Renamed the 18th International Textile Triennial... Read more
Triptych – Great, Greater, Greatest In spring 2025, the Netherlands opened its doors to the world of Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017). The Polish artist ranks among the most important of the 20th century: with her monumental... Read more
Innovation through pixels – conference 2025 From 12–15 August a very special conference took place: Vibeke Vestby, inventor of the Thread Controller TC1 and TC2, celebrated 30 years of this groundbreaking Jacquard weaving system for... Read more
ETN Summer Jumble This year it was planned to have an ETN Meeting in Azerbajdzjan but as the communication did not worked out as planned, a meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia was suggested by textile artist Nino... Read more
Elsa Montell-Saanio, Weaver from Lapland When I studied weaving in Finland, in 1968/ 69 there was a strong tendency at my weaving institution, Fredrika Wetterhoffin Opettajaopisto( Fredrika Wetterhoff Teachers Seminar, in short called „Wetterhoff“) in... Read more