All posts by Daniel Brantley

Balance, symmetry, and longevity: three traits shared by an artist and his linen canvases. A work 12 years in process, Marek Tobolewski’s ongoing Continuum series is a dizzying array of lines drawn, erased, redrawn, removed a second time, and finally settled upon. While the British native has a thing for correcting and re-correcting, the final…

A truism often overlooked, Raghavendra Rathore knows it, protects it, loves it. Through the ages, many wise men and women have decided a person’s fate with a quick turn of the phrase: “œYou are what you eat,” “œAll work and no play make Jack a dull boy,” “œGod helps those who help themselves.” But none…

It all started with an announcement: Russian fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin was bringing linen to the catwalk. Even bigger news was that he was considering building a new textile industry and fashion center, with linen as its centerpiece. For a designer known for flamboyant dresses and suits capped off with odd hairpieces, gaudy jewelry, accessories,…

He may be willing to work with other fabrics, but none have his heart like linen. Hailing from India, Rohit BAL has taken India’s fashion to new and more exotic worlds, changing how Indians allow themselves to view their clothing. In the process, he has influenced a number of other cultures around the world. And…