From the editors of Textile Forum magazine (1982-2013)
This 6th European Quilt Triennial, taking place from 13 September to the 1st of January 2016 at the Heidelberg Textile Museum Max berk, shows works from 45 artists from 10 European countries. Entries were submitted by... Read more
On this blog I will post some images from the 17th ETN Conference and the festivities of the Dutch Textiel Festival in Leiden. Here are the first ones, all made by myself (if not there... Read more
The final preparations are being made to begin in Leiden with the pre-conference trips to Tilburg and Amsterdam on May 13. This is also the day where the Dutch Textile Festival (held every fifth year)... Read more
The 17th ETN Conference: Dutch Textile Art, Craft & Design from16 -17 May, 2015 in Leiden, the Netherlands Now well on its way, this European Textile Network Conference, part of the Dutch “Textiel Festival” organised... Read more
My desire to visit the Fromholzer hand printing workshop in Ruhmannsfelden sprang from a conversation with Maria Wronska-Friend, the author of our last magazine issue on Blaudruck – paste resist-printing on indigo-dyed cloth – in... Read more
Rarely has there been a more enigmatic concept than TEXTILE ART! Children of the post-war era like ourselves grew up with the Lausanne Biennials, which we perceived as textile art events. They were exciting presentations... Read more
First featured by us when it began in Wolfsburg last autumn, this exhibition is currently on view at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart until 22nd June 2014. Although I take a critical view of the “abuse” of... Read more