SELVEDGE JOURNAL

From Madrasa to Cinema to Suzani Embroidery
The vaulted room where Zarina Isomoa and her mother, Zaynab Murodova work used to be the cinema in Soviet times. It is a cool vaulted chamber, ideal for the blisteringly...
From Madrasa to Cinema to Suzani Embroidery
The vaulted room where Zarina Isomoa and her mother, Zaynab Murodova work used to be the cinema in Soviet times. It is a cool vaulted chamber, ideal for the blisteringly...

Travel the Silk Road with the British Museum
The Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum is now in its final week. If you’re in London and feeling inspired by the latest issue of Selvedge magazine, now is...
Travel the Silk Road with the British Museum
The Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum is now in its final week. If you’re in London and feeling inspired by the latest issue of Selvedge magazine, now is...

OUT NOW: Issue 123 - Silk Road
Camel caravans crossing desert dunes, merchants trading silks at bazaars - these are the stereotypical images that come to mind when we think of the Silk Roads. But the reality goes...
OUT NOW: Issue 123 - Silk Road
Camel caravans crossing desert dunes, merchants trading silks at bazaars - these are the stereotypical images that come to mind when we think of the Silk Roads. But the reality goes...

Taking Heart: A Valentines Archive Special
Today’s story is a love letter to a symbol that speaks to the strongest and most beautiful of emotions - the heart. This simple yet powerful shape is synonymous with...
Taking Heart: A Valentines Archive Special
Today’s story is a love letter to a symbol that speaks to the strongest and most beautiful of emotions - the heart. This simple yet powerful shape is synonymous with...

Selvedge Textile Tour 2025: Week Two
Welcome to the second collection of discoveries from the Selvedge India Textile Tour so far. This week has been a convergence of colour, pattern, and technique in a wide range...
Selvedge Textile Tour 2025: Week Two
Welcome to the second collection of discoveries from the Selvedge India Textile Tour so far. This week has been a convergence of colour, pattern, and technique in a wide range...

The Story of Tamay & Me
High in the mountains of northern Vietnam, where mist lingers over rice terraces and tradition weaves through daily life, is a story of embroidery that speaks of language, legacy, and...
The Story of Tamay & Me
High in the mountains of northern Vietnam, where mist lingers over rice terraces and tradition weaves through daily life, is a story of embroidery that speaks of language, legacy, and...