#fuckyeahtextiles

I love this experimental weaving project by Dienke Dekker. It’s called Union of Striped Yarns and consists many more samples than the ones shown here (you can see it all right here: http://www.dienkedekker.com/?p=189) but these early samples using industrial plastics are my absolute favourite. The top photo is the permanent cover photo of my “Weave Related” Pinterest board (https://www.pinterest.com/stinelinnemann/weave-related/) out of over 1600 pins and counting, which both tells you how obsessive I am about weaving but also how much I love this project ;)

I’m loving this embroidered series by James Merry. Taking sportswear motifs and softening them with the flowers, it embodies so many of the things I like. Urban meets organic, transformation, playfulness, textile technique, awesomeness... 

Here’s what he has to say about them himself: 

“Where did the idea come from for your new sportswear series? At the start of this year, I had been stuck in New York for a bit longer than I am usually comfortable with. I was really missing Iceland and being in the countryside, so I guess it was some kind of silent protest of mine—to take something that was super urban and machine-made and barren (my old Nike sweater), and fertilise it, forcing it to flower by embroidering a glacier flower and moss on it. I guess these embroideries are similar to the drawings in Anatomies, in that they both focus on a very particular point of transformation—the moment when one thing turns into something else. I'm obsessed with that.” - Quote from i-D article by Zio Baritaux found here: https://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/bjork-collaborator-james-merry39s-incredible-embroidery-creations-uk-translation

Jessica Coleman is a fellow Royal College of Art textiles graduate. She does amazing textiles for interiors with striking use of colour and  contemporary patterns. I know she has a new project in the pipeline and can’t wait to see it and grab a piece for myself!

Video teaser for Royal College of Art's MA Textiles graduate show 2014. So excited to be going to the private view soon, can't wait to see the final results.