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ARTIST CARPETS & RUGS: VANESSA BELL
Image: Design for Omega Rug 1914, oil on paper, Vanessa BellBy Deborah NashThe painter Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) elder sister of Virginia Woolf, was regarded as the matriarch of the Bloomsbury...
ARTIST CARPETS & RUGS: VANESSA BELL
Image: Design for Omega Rug 1914, oil on paper, Vanessa BellBy Deborah NashThe painter Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) elder sister of Virginia Woolf, was regarded as the matriarch of the Bloomsbury...

ARTIST CARPETS & RUGS: DUNCAN GRANT
Image: 'The Pool of Blood Carpet'. Image courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonBy Deborah NashIn 1913, the painter and art critic Roger Fry founded the Omega Workshops Ltd at...
ARTIST CARPETS & RUGS: DUNCAN GRANT
Image: 'The Pool of Blood Carpet'. Image courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonBy Deborah NashIn 1913, the painter and art critic Roger Fry founded the Omega Workshops Ltd at...

JEWEL TONES OF ELYTRA EMBROIDERY
Images Courtesy: Asif ShaikhBy Brinda GillMaster embroiderer Asif Shaikh finds deep fulfilment in creating embroideries with beetle-wing casings“I believe beetle-wing casings are a gift from nature. The casings are strong,...
JEWEL TONES OF ELYTRA EMBROIDERY
Images Courtesy: Asif ShaikhBy Brinda GillMaster embroiderer Asif Shaikh finds deep fulfilment in creating embroideries with beetle-wing casings“I believe beetle-wing casings are a gift from nature. The casings are strong,...

REDISCOVERING THE JOY OF TRAVEL: GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
Image: Georgia O'keefe's house in AbiquiuBy Polly Leonard, Founder of Selvedge MagazineOn another trip, I visited the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe with my son in July. I connected with many old...
REDISCOVERING THE JOY OF TRAVEL: GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
Image: Georgia O'keefe's house in AbiquiuBy Polly Leonard, Founder of Selvedge MagazineOn another trip, I visited the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe with my son in July. I connected with many old...

REDISCOVERING THE JOY OF TRAVEL: BUKHARA
Image: Hammam Bozori KordBy Polly Leonard, Founder of Selvedge MagazineThis summer many of our readers are rediscovering the joy of travel. I wanted to take the opportunity to share a couple...
REDISCOVERING THE JOY OF TRAVEL: BUKHARA
Image: Hammam Bozori KordBy Polly Leonard, Founder of Selvedge MagazineThis summer many of our readers are rediscovering the joy of travel. I wanted to take the opportunity to share a couple...

POST INDUSTRIAL WOOL
Image courtesy of Gaia BaracettiBy Gaia BaracettiWhen people hear the end of the story, they think they already know how it began. Tired of city life, back to the land, call...
POST INDUSTRIAL WOOL
Image courtesy of Gaia BaracettiBy Gaia BaracettiWhen people hear the end of the story, they think they already know how it began. Tired of city life, back to the land, call...