Tell us a bit about yourself. I was named after the song “Layla” by Eric Clapton, but my mother wanted to change up the spelling and I ended up as …
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American creative Mara Hoffman spent 24 years building up her sustainable namesake fashion brand, securing an international reputation for focussing on high-quality clothing with bold, modern silhouettes. But in 2024, …
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Nicole Farhi had a remarkable career in the fashion industry that spanned three decades; she launched her own eponymous womenswear label in 1982, which later expanded into menswear and interiors. …
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It is hard to imagine a discipline which the great polymath Pablo Picasso didn’t turn his hand to. Among his massive outpouring of paintings, sculptures, collages, printmaking, ceramics, jewellery, and …
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After spending nearly two decades as an editor for fashion and design magazines, most notably as Editor-in-Chief for T Magazine where she seemed to have reached a career high point, …
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A remarkable enterprise began in 2019, spearheaded by crochet teacher and artist Eva Pacheco; to transform a sunbaked shopping district in the Spanish town of Alhaurin de la Torre near …
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Tell us a bit about yourself and why you decided to become a pattern maker. I’m Kelsey! I’ve been sewing and sharing my process for several years now, and last …
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Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto makes art with the concept of social interaction at its core. He makes vast and all-encompassing fabric sculptures with a range of unconventional materials and substances …
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Japanese textile artist Toshiko Horiuchi-MacAdam makes vast, all-encompassing installations, using colourful, crocheted threads to make art with a powerful social purpose – to create free, interactive spaces for children to …
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Los Angeles-based sculptor and fibre artist Tanya Aguiñiga has made a career out of working with traditional craft practices and materials to produce a wide range of sculptures, installations and …
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Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos makes vast, all-encompassing sculptural installations that embrace the wonder of textiles in all their glory, from crochet and embroidery to needlework and knitting, which she often …
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Puerto Rican textile designer Paola Melendez makes work with comfort in mind; her brand, titled Paola Melendez Casa, specialises in the most sumptuous fabrics made with craftsmanship and quality at …
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There is a familiar quality of warmth and intimacy bound into each thread of Puerto Rican artist Richie Wilde Lopez’s tactile textile art, which he produces in homage to his …
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Fiber artist Katrina Sanchez makes deeply tactile and brilliantly bright knitted objects that speak of her sunny childhood in Panama, bringing a joyful and optimistic sensibility to the spaces they …
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A legendary Latin American folk musician, researcher, poet, and performer, Chilean artist Violeta Parra (1917-1967) was also a remarkable artist, producing a large body of intricate quilts and embroideries, or …
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There is a spirited and playful quality to the textile and wallpaper designs of Dutch maker Ottoline de Vries, who established her eponymous company, simply called ‘Ottoline’, in 2011; since …
