There is only today and tomorrow left for you to pop down to Mile End to see this year’s PRISM’s exhibition at the Art Pavillion. ‘Untold’ is the perfect place for an Easter weekend outing, with a vast variety of responses to the title of this year’s exhibition and a free embroidery workshop running this…
Category: Textiles
Addressing Space What 3 Words
Saturday was the Private View of Studio 21‘s new show ‘Addressing Space What 3 Words’. With the starting point for this project being early 2019, it has had the longest gestation period of any of their exhibitions, with the Pandemic throwing an enormous proverbial spanner in the works. This opening weekend took place in a…
Dyeing to Stitch
We are pleased to announce our first collaborative venture for the Dye Garden, ‘Dyeing to Stitch’. Our friend Wolf & Wilding and will be a guest tutor (dates to be announced). This outdoor stitching class running on Wednesday afternoons, is an informal way to develop your practice, learn new things and relax and chat in…
St Saviour’s Winter Show: Lottie Whyman
Lottie is a woven textile designer who focuses on using natural fibres and natural dyes. Lottie is consciously driven to minimise the amount of waste produced within her textiles practice due to how polluting the fashion industry is already. Lottie is also passionate about photography and would say this is a hobby of hers; interested…
St Saviour’s Winter Show: Clara Jedrecy
Clara Jedrecy is a London based textile and fashion designer, who’s approach is slow and circular. Her aim is to bring back locality in the supply chain process from raw material to finished garment in order to help generate and be part of a “new” local economy. She is widely inspired by the natural cycles…
Japanese Textile and Craft Festival
As part of the Japan-UK Season of Culture 2019-20, Erna Janine of Freeweaver Studio has organised the third Japanese Textile and Craft Festival at Craft Central the weekend (the 13-15th of March). The show is exhibiting the work of a variety of artists and craftsmen, all of whom take direct or indirect inspiration from…
The Japanese Textiles and Craft Festival
The Japanese Textiles and Craft Festival is running till the end of the weekend at Craft Central and is well worth a visit over the weekend. The exhibition show cases a range of artists and craftsmen who work using traditional Japanese techniques, or have been inspired by Japanese philosophies. Exhibitors include our own Ross Belton,…
Fashioned From Nature
Fashioned from Nature, the V&A’s new show is a comprehensive look at the influence nature has had on fashion and the impact that fashion in turn has on the environment. Awareness of the detrimental effects modern life is having on the planet has increased significantly over the past few decades and this exhibition doesn’t shy…
Eco-dyeing Taster
Better late than never, here are some photos from the eco-dyeing taster workshop, held at the Contmporary Textile Fair, the Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington. Using a very generous bundle of eucalyptus (from Saffron Flowers, Columbia Road Flower Market), donated onion skins from Tamar Balakjian and some past their sell-by date ‘Mother’s Day’ roses, we set…
Colour From Your Kitchen
It’s Summer… and the Studio 21 artists have an exhibition at the Well House Gallery. The Gallery will be open throughout the weekend and seven artists will be talking about their work throughout the 2 day event. Ross will kick start the weekend on Saturday morning with ‘Colour From Your Kitchen’. Using common ingredients from an…
The Archive Project @ The Cello Factory
On Friday, Ross and I headed down to visit The Archive Project at The Cello Factory, in Waterloo. Though the show has now finished, I felt that the work and thinking behind the show was really worth sharing. Conceived in 2016, ‘The Archive Project’ was set up by Poppy Szaybo, Mary Morris, Debbie Lyddon and Denise Jones…
Deborah Colman at Pulse London
Last week I spent the day shooting images for the London designer Deborah Colman. Apart from having a great time (as Debs is lovely company) it was a pleasure to shoot such beautiful designs. ‘Deborah Colman‘s collections of fabric, lighting and wallpapers are all based on her hand-printed designs inspired by the natural world.’ Debs’ designs…
Modern Eccentrics 