textile

Pernille Snedker Hansen - a marbelous woodwork

Design

July 19, 2014March 16, 2015

Pernille Snedker Hansen – Handcrafted Surfaces

Pernille Snedker Hansen is an innovative artist and designer from Denmark. She earned a BA in Textile Design from Designskolen Kolding, and a MA in Narrative Environments from Central Saints Martins in London. Pernille founded Copenhagen-based Snedker Studio, a contemporary design studio specializing in handcrafted surfaces and commissioned works. Using traditional craft techniques, she transforms interiors into stunning […]

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Design

January 22, 2014January 20, 2014

Kustaa Saksi – Hypnopompic

Finland-born Kustaa Saksi is an internationally appreciated artist and textile designer currently residing in Amsterdam. His latest collection, titled Hypnopompic, presents uniquely beautiful and surreal artworks manufactured with jacquard weaving technique. Jacquard technique is named after the French inventor, Joseph Maris Jacquard, who designed the jacquard loom. With his automatic loom, it was possible to […]

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Design

December 4, 2013November 30, 2013

Giles Miller Studio – Pixel-like Surface Designs

Giles Miller Studio is located in Spitalfields, in the heart of London’s creative East end. It specialises in truly innovative interior design projects and surface designs that deploy sculptural relief-like techniques. Most of the tiles are sourced within the United Kingdom, and the surfaces are assembled by hand. With a reputation for high-quality, the studio […]

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Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor - a handmade creature

Sculpture

July 5, 2013July 5, 2013

Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor – Remnants

Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor is a sculptress and textile artist residing in Sacramento, California. She creates sculptures of slumped, exaggerated animal-like creatures using remnants of common materials such as bed sheets, pillows, blankets, and other discarded fabrics. She cuts, re-sews, wraps and ties layers upon layers of fabric and cardboard onto wooden structures. The effect is […]

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Design

May 6, 2013May 4, 2013

Mika Barr – folding A-part

Mika Barr is an artist and textile designer born and raised in a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel. She creates a series of textiles that fold, fracture and turn in three-dimensional ways, derived from the flat printed pattern. The textiles are made in a unique way in which a 2D image defines the dropping and […]

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