Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Selvedge - Issue 31 (Nov/Dec 2009)

The latest issue of Selvedge is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

INDULGE textiles to buy, collect or simply admire


  • Joyeux noël Gifts for all your friends and family
  • Conservation area The V&A's recently restored War of Troy tapestry

INDUSTRY from craft to commerce

  • COVER STORY Spangles, sequins and stars Herbert Lieberman's glittering career
  • Crystal clear The history of Swarovski
  • COVER STORY Away with the fairies Samantha Bryan's flights of fancy

ANECDOTE textiles that touch our lives

  • The handmade's tale Our nine-page guide to 'making' the holidays a pleasure
  • COVER STORY St Catherine's Day "Please send me lord, a well to-do husband"

CONCEPT textiles in fine art

  • Shiny, happy people The art of Geraldine Larkin, Ann Carrington and Donya Coward
  • Wit and wisdom Our word perfect competition winner reveals the work of Richard Saja

ATTIRE critical reporting of fashion trends

  • Plain speaking Poetic fashion from Swedish designer Ewa Iwalla

COHABIT stunning interiors beautifully photographed

  • COVER STORY Eccentric circles J. Morgan Puett's simple life in Mildred's lane

GLOBAL travel destinations and ethnographic textiles

  • Ghulam Sakina and Wales Red dragons, blue hills, green valleys

INFORM the latest news, reviews and exhibition listings

  • bias/contributors
  • correspondence
  • news
  • sustain
  • how to... knit a pair of gloves
  • COVER STORY Tinsel
  • international listings exhibitions, fairs, events
  • read Books for fashionistas, adventurers, dandies or homebodies who have everything
  • view Eva Hesse, Maharajas, Thomas Wardle, Rijswijk Textile Biennial
  • resources

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