Soft Sculptures

Harriet Hammel

This Lady creates soft Sculptures of almost anything – her work is showing in ‘Ink-d’ Gallery in Brighton at the moment. It’s worth going to see!

Quirky Characters

Look at these – aren’t they sweet!? all made from gorgeous printed fabrics by a lady called Apolline. She finishes each one by hand in her Studio based in Paris – aaah what a nice life!

 

Sourced from an online magazine called Selvedge Magazine - great for textile ideas and Interior Design Suggestions.

The Clothes That Could Grow on You

Austrian designer Sonja Bäumel has created clothing that might be if the bacteria that live on our skin could make fibres.

Mina d’Ornano

Check out the beautiful craft-art clothing and accessories created by Mina d’Ornano at LuxuryCulture.com. The interview has some inights into how she finds inspiration and develops it.

Request for Submissions to Online Embroidery Magazine

The Hand Embroidery Network are soon to be launching a new online magazine, ‘NEEDLE’. If you have any articles you would like to see in the first issue of NEEDLE please e-mail submissions@handembroiderynetwork.com.

Golden Spider Silk Shawl

Spider silk is stonger than steel, weight for weight. British art historian Simon Peers and his American business partner Nicholas Godley collected silk from 1 million golden orb spiders, and spun it and wove it using tradional techniques and designs. The resulting shawl measures 11 by 4 feet, and the colour is entirely natural. More here and here.

Softnews Project: Blow Your Nose on the News?

Studio Makkink & Bey worked with the Portugese tradition of lover’s handkerchiefs to produce these stitched news stories on handkerchiefs. Check out the whole story on designboom.

Carpel Tunnel and Sewing

This forum thread on Burda Style address the issues of repetitive strain injuries related to the sewing industry, and some reponses contain good advice and exercises for combatting these.

Seam Classifications

If you feel like a nerd when it comes to seams, then you might enjoy this too …

Fashion Incubator has put together an entry on seam classifications that were originally drawn up for US military use. You may find them useful in deciding the best seam or finish to use, or to specify to a contractor what you want. There is also a simplified 6-page version with notes on typical use of each seam.

Urban Camo Textile Designs

Chae Young Kim uses a mixture of hand drawn images and computer graphics to create her sublte textile designs. Check them out on designboom.com.