NEEDLEBOUND VOL. 2 is now available for pre-order!! i have the first volume and it's an incredible collection of stories from people working with fiber, textile, and craft, and i'm so excited about this upcoming volume!
this is a project by the extremely talented Hayley Mortin, a.k.a. dazy_chains on instagram, an artist working with knitting and computation — they don't have a presence here so i'd like to spread the word 💓
#knitting #textiles #fiberarts #crafts
https://dazychains.bigcartel.com/product/needlebound-volume-2-coming-soon
🧵 New blog post: How to Design a Tartan
A tartan is not just cloth—it’s a repeating code of identity. Structure, color, meaning. Learn how to build one from the thread count up.
Read it here → https://jameshoward.us/2025/05/15/how-to-design-a-tartan
#Tartan #Design #Heraldry #Textiles
Floral quilted portraits by Maria A. Guzmán Capron cultivate care and love.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/maria-a-guzman-capron-garden-portraits/
How do you design shoes that are circular, modular and made from multipurpose parts? Cailin O'Reilly is a young designer who loves a challenge! Her Ikego shoes are called "Bounce", they massage your feet and introduce new techniques and parts to Ikego's circular building system. Check it out: https://ikego.world/category/designers/cailin-oreilly/
#shoes #circulardesign #massage #activism #bounce #design #sustainability #modular #fashion #textiles
Promote and facilitate textile reuse at Brighton Textile Reuse Hub (TRH),
Unit 10 Westergate Business Centre
Westergate Road
Brighton BN2 4QN.
https://www.gladragscostumes.org.uk/textile-reuse-hub
#SolarPunkSunday #RepairReuseRecycle #ReUse #Textiles #UK #Brighton #BrightonAndHove #Volunteer
I got a pair of jeans made of hemp a couple of years ago. For a variety of reasons, I only started wearing them regularly recently, and they are not doing well. The fabric keeps breaking down at the seams.
Are these particularly bad jeans, or is this because hemp will always do that? #sewing #mending #textiles #FiberArts
Design Milk : Textile Offcuts Are Reimagined by Nendo for the Hana-arashi Exhibition https://design-milk.com/robina-benson-features-hana-arashi-by-nendo-and-paola-lenti/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robina-benson-features-hana-arashi-by-nendo-and-paola-lenti #RobinaBensonDesignHouse #exhibitiondesign #HomeFurnishings #homefurnishings #upcycledfabric #upcycledwaste #exhibition #PaolaLenti #furniture #sculpture #lighting #textiles #upcycled #offcuts #OkiSato #seating #upcycle #chair
Onto graceful wooden frames, French artist Élise Peroi weaves ethereal, layered screens evocative of dreamy portals to nature.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/elise-peroi-for-thirsting-flowers/
#plants #clothing #textiles #hydrogels
'Humans’ relationships with plants is largely utilitarian, serving our needs. We generally either eat them or make things out of them.
Researchers in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) have developed a design and fabrication approach that treats these living things as companions to humans, with seeds woven into hydrogel material for hairbands, wristbands, hats and sandals, among other applications.'
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/05/plants-you-wear-livingloom-weaves-seeds-textiles
Cornell University: Plants you wear: LivingLoom weaves seeds into textiles. “Humans’ relationships with plants is largely utilitarian, serving our needs. We generally either eat them or make things out of them. Researchers in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) have developed a design and fabrication approach that treats these living things as companions to humans, with seeds woven into […]
From silk, cotton, viscose, and other fibers, Isabelle D crochets innumerable forms evocative of coral, sea sponges, anemones, flowers, molds, spores, and more.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/isabelle-d-crocheted-sculptures/
"Fixing clothes is becoming a quiet, powerful rebellion against fast fashion"
NYT Architecture : As LACMA Gets a New Look, the Art Inside Will Change, Too https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/arts/design/lacma-curators-govan-art-zumthor.html #LosAngelesCountyMuseumofArt #LosAngeles(Calif) #Govan,Michael #Zumthor,Peter #Architecture #Photography #Textiles #Museums #Art
This is really good and well worth the 19 minutes, even if you don't think the history of fashion in fascist Italy sounds like your cup of tea. Some of it seems obvious, in a way, but it's a topic I'd never given much thought to, and there were a number of surprises that never would've occurred to me. Good stuff well researched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAfiCV-7QEw
#fascism #fashion #textiles #Italy #Mussolini #blackshirts #squadristi #histodon