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Hanna Vinlöf Nylén’s work centres around made up narratives inspired by her surroundings, daydreams, memorabilia and experiences.
Hanna’s graduate collection was inspired by how people from different age groups and demographics define their personal space by studying contrasting ways of living.
Hanna is originally from Sweden and moved to London 5 years ago and the concept for her collection originated from her passion for home décor.
Yasmin Hussain is a recent graduate of Central Saint Martins specialising in the construction of woven fabrics. Throughout the early part of her degree, she produced designs using the more traditional materials such as silks, wools and rayons. Some of these collections were inspired by patterns in her cultural background as well as intricate gates in London and bones.
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Anja Alexandersdottir’s graduate collection was inspired by from the fleeting and transient qualities found in nature, such as light through the trees, natural anomalies that are volcanoes,  northern lights, and her light leak, double exposure photography.
Working with hand dyed cashmere silk to translate the hazy qualities in her photography into woven fabric she has produced delicate fabrics with subtle colours shifts and light filtering qualities, that are complimented by figurative jacquards depicting the more graphic qualities in the theme.
Anja will be exhibiting  alongside the other Texprint winners at Première Vision Designs in Paris. 15th – 17th September 2015 Continue reading →
Nicola Costello graduated from BSc (Hons) Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors, BMus (Hons) double award from the University of Huddersfield.
Nicola has a passion for  British wool and her final  interior woven textile collection centered around the use of British wool exploring the textures and the hues of the French Alps.
London Guild of Weavers Spinners and Dyers are exhibiting their work at St Martin in The Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, from 8 September-3rd October 2015
“Waste Nothing- Finding a home for the Discardedâ€
This exhibition brings together original textiles and yarns designed and made by members of the London Guild using old textiles, yarns and other materials and demonstrates their creativity in transforming unwanted materials into something new.
Free admission – open Daily 11.am-6pm.
Select Showcase opens in Cheltenham in the historic Cheltenham Town Hall running for 3 days: 23rd – 25th October.
Presented by SITselect the Showcase will be a 3 day festival,  bringing individual maker stands plus a stimulating mix of talks, workshops, demonstrations. There is also a  one day conference.
There are 78 makers’ stands, 4 Colleges of Art and Design showing graduate’s work, an area featuring World Textile stands and exhibitions of contemporary craft work. There is the chance to learn something new, buy something extraordinary, or just admire the outstanding creativity of our designers and crafts people.
A major part of the Showcase is a series of talks with speakers immersed in the world of weaving.
Rethreaded series of talks
Friday 23rd  offers a series of stimulating talks around weaving journeys.
In Conversation Penny Wheeler & Maryrose Watson
Chair: Theo Wright
Penny Wheeler is a hand-loom weaver and artist who explores the complexities of the craft whilst also subverting the conventions of the discipline.
Maryrose and Penny will be in conversation with Theo Wright discussing how they work, the freedom and limitations of working within a grid and how colour informs their practice.
Jilly Edwards in conversation with Ismini Samanidou
Two tapestry greats delve into their different methods of working.
Jilly is a tapestry weaver and Ismini a weaver both hand weaving and jacquard. They have a shared language and a common understanding through threads.
Chaired by Felicity Aylieff
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From Back to FrontÂ
Commissioned by the American Tapestry Alliance and the Laffer Curatorial Program
From Back to Front is an online curatorial project which gathers together recent examples of tapestry weaving that expose their construction: warp threads are left dangling, even the frame of the loom remains integral to some finished works. These visible traces remind us of the vast potential of the woven structure.
Exhibitors include Ann Cathrin November Hoibo, Emelie Rondahl (pictured above), Jennifer Hunt, Katharine Swailes, Lucy Brown, Nicole Pyles & Tonje Hoydahl Sorli.
The exhibition is curated by Jessica Hemmings
Text and images from The American Tapestry Alliance website. All photo credits can be found on the site
The Design in Motion exhibition has been touring since Feb 2015 and will continue to tour across various venues. Click on link to find where it is currently and where it is going to.
Design in Motion, a collaboration with the Travelling Gallery, is part of our pre-opening programme. The designers featured all use digital technologies to push the boundaries of their discipline, enabling them to experiment, play and innovate. The exhibition demonstrates how design can be put to work to reconstruct our heritage, visualise the unseen, and create products not previously possible.
Designers featured are: Sara Robertson & Sarah Taylor, Anarkik3D, Digital Design Studio, Holly Fulton, Sophia George, Lynne Maclachlan, Geoffrey Mann
Text and images: Crafts council and Design in Motion website
The Handweavers Diploma Exhibition will be showcasing the work of the students of the 2013-15 course Dates: 1-25 June 2015 Time: 10:00-18:00, Mon-Sat Venue: The Handweavers Studio & Gallery 140 Seven Sisters Road London N7 7NS Continue reading →
Agnes Hauptli and Stacey Harvey-Brown will be giving two days of artists talks at Garnlager, Lyssach, Switzerland on 28th May and 6th June. Their exhibition, Nature in the Making, is on show until 7th June 2015.