From the editors of Textile Forum magazine (1982-2013)
In Search of Wild Silk – Exploring a Silk Industry in the Jungles of India, Karen Selk, Schiffer Publishing, 2023, 270 pages, 308 colour photos, 10 maps and drawings, ISBN 978-0-7643-6497-6, price US $ 39.99... Read more
Stitch Your Brain, Monika Auch Crafts such as knitting, crocheting, embroidery and weaving positively influence our brain functioning and mental well-being. Anyone who reads the recently published book ‘Stitch Your Brain’ by Monika Auch will... Read more
Jimmy Nelson Between The Sea & The Sky What is a photographer of the last indigenous people possibly doing when he is stuck at his homebase (in this case Amsterdam) due to the pandemic? He... Read more
Another fantastic book by one of the Nordic Textile Artists, Norwegian Solveig Aalborg. When it arrived this spring, I remembered having published her huge work “Passing Through”, 202 x 398 cm, as part of “Artapestry... Read more
The Patterned Mind – Creative Methods in Surface Design, Laura Isoniemi My annual meetings with the Nordic Textile Artists keep me up to date on their various projects and publications. This time, Finnish designer and... Read more
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