From the editors of Textile Forum magazine (1982-2013)
Ann Richards: Weaving – Structure and Substance When I reviewed Ann Richards’ first book, “Weaving Textiles That Shape Themselves”, in Textile Forum 2/2012, page 44, I wrote that this was the most interesting book on... Read more
Thread Magic – Weaving for Shape and Texture, Lotte Dalgaard and Paulette Adamson, Forlaget Mellemvaerk/DK, 2020, ISBN978-87-999832-3-0, text English, price 400 DKK (approx.53 Euro) Lotte Dalgaard is a well-known Danish weaver most noted for her... Read more
The Art Is the Cloth: How to Look at and Understand Tapestries by Micala Sidore; Schiffer Publishing, Atglen PA 19310, USA, 2020; 223 pages, 620 colour and 4 black-and-white photos, price US $ 45 Micala... Read more
Online archive of TEXTIL FORUM magazines When by the end of 2013, Dietmar Laue and I, stopped publishing the magazine Textile Forum, we wrote: “a positive consequence of our magazine issues published from 1982 to... Read more
I received a book that was published early 2019 by Phaidon Press, called “Vitamin F – Threads and Textiles in Contemporary Art”. It did make clear that the divide between art in a craft... Read more
Contemporary Polish Textile Art – Readings, letters and conversations, Norbert Zawisza Published by the Mazovia Institute of Culture, Warsaw, 2017; 288 pages, 119 colour and 11 black-and-white photos, 600 copies, ISBN 978-83-63427-63-4. Norbert Zawisza – Director... Read more
From Tapestry to Fiber Art – The Lausanne Biennials 1962 – 1995 Giselle Eberhard Cotton, Magali Junet; Skira, Milan / Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne, 2017, 223 pages, 68 black & white and 253 colour illustrations;English... Read more