#woven textiles

[heaveninawildflower]

Detail from a piece of Spitalfields’ silk (circa 1750).

Silk and metal thread.

Images and text information courtesy The Met.

[oldfarmhouse]

naturally organic linens🌿

https://www.instagram.com.elleihome

simple🌿 natural woven textiles

[hmkart-png]

More from the Itchiku Kubota Museum gift shop are these expertly woven scarves from Koma, made entirely from silk and chiffon. I just had to grab one from the brand for myself so I can admire the beauty within the fine weave when I return home.

[julochka365]

24/2.2023 - mazikeen likes the fringe

[asoftspotforangels]

some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

[celesse]

New woven blanket sample photo and it's so cute!! 🐮💖

I'm getting proper photos of all my designs today and should have the preorder up very soon!

[ghostweaver]

I don't know why, but it's so funny to me that most people who post their weaving have the same kind of angles to their video, and most of them, if not all of them, hide the chaos that's going on at the back of the loom. It's the same idea as "never ask a fiber artist to see the back of their project" with the embroiderers, or really any other craft where ends have to be managed. I know I'm guilty of it too; let's be honest, there's nothing glamorous about looking at the tangle of... 'creative' solutions to my ongoing tension struggles. But hey, for anyone curious, here's a peak behind the curtain on my latest project!

Here's some pictures too, to make it easier to see the chaos.

It's one of those things that I think is important to remember; behind every work of art is a not-so-glamorous process that you REALLY just have to trust. Everything seems so perfect when you see it online (at least in a crafting context), but it's important to know that it doesn't have to be. You can have things go wrong and still end up with an amazing product. You can have the weirdest solution to a problem, but if it works it works!

Never be afraid to mess up and work through it, even if "working through it" is messy in its own way! That's all part of the fun, friends! Trust the process, things will work out!

[shannonpurdyjones]

Spinning in full garb at the Carolina Ren Faire

(If you turn on sound be prepared for the jovial shouts of children and conversations of other faire goers...quiet filming does not exist at ren faires lol)

Took the opportunity to spin in period character while at the ren faire with my partner and kids on Saturday. Got lots of fun questions from other faire goers, many nods of respect from faire staff, and spun about 25-30g of wool. 🥰

Loads of fun, 10/10 would recommend doing period fiber arts as cosplay.

[aworldofpattern]

Anna Wintour in bespoke LOEWE at the Met Gala 2024

'Inspired by a circa 1944 evening cape by 20th century designer Charles James and tailoring from the LOEWE Fall Winter 2024 women’s collection, Anna’s tuxedo in wool with a silk satin shawl collar is decorated with floral motifs using hand-dyed feathers, tonal beading, and pearl embroidery. The jacket is paired with a long sleeve dress in bias-cut silk satin.'

'Awakening Flower Bouquet' embroidery inspired by Tulipes Hollandaise fabric by Charles Frederick Worth, 1889, from the Met's archives.

[funzos]

I made this tapestry on a saori loom, freestyle weaving :)

[concentriccookies]

'Deny with love my labour' - Bon Iver - 8 (circle)

Making art out of these lyrics has been kickin around my brain for years now.

An accumulation of my feelings about the devaluation of fiber arts, dayjob things, and AI stealing artists labour and then taking their jobs, claiming to love the outputs of artists but denying the work and livlihood of the people who make it.

[mintycide]

first attempt at weaving! (not counting little practice swatch pieces)

it’s all cotton, mostly lily’s sugar n’ cream. my tension is really off, i can tell- even after wet finishing, it ended up kind of a trapezoid. it definitely settled, though.

next experiment is probably going to be a hand towel with more complicated weaving patterns- i’ve practiced a few, but wanted to use plain weave on this so the colors showed more.

overall, i’m obsessed- this loom is borrowed from my boyfriend’s aunt, i’m definitely going to look into getting my own rigid heddle loom :o)

[oldfarmhouse]

🌿 https://www.instagram.com.elleihome

[squid----s]

Printer Pear

Isabel Meigs 2023

Wool on cotton seine twine 12 epi

[webrelic]

Barbro Nilsson

[deermouth]

Happy @thesiltverses finale day! This has been one of the most important pieces of art to me for the past several years. Thank you, for something special.