Sarah Espeute, the Textile Artist Putting the ‘Fun’ in Functional
There's an exhibition currently on at the RWA gallery called Soft Power and it's entirely textile based art. It's deep, powerful and full of storytelling.
There's 2 photographs by Maryam Wahid, one of a brown skinned woman with a beautiful orange-yellow gown, posing on a chair in an old building. The quote from the artist reads:
"In this series I
... See more“There’s a growing interest in more tactile art forms like tapestries right now,” says Christian Bense. “Modern or antique, this medium feels at home in both traditional and contemporary interiors, and it really contributes to the layering of a space. Textile art offers something authentic and organic—qualities that resonate in an increasingly... See more
The 11 Key Interior Design Trends Set to Define 2026
Your clothes are trying to tell you something — and Sheila Hicks spent her life decoding it.
Trained as a painter, raised with Bauhaus ideas, Sheila Hicks broke away from the canvas — and into the world of thread, fibre, and form.
To her, weaving wasn’t craft. It was a grid, a language, an... See more
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