Selvedge #130
238 x 238 mm, 96 pages
London, UK
Bimonthly
Founder and editor: Polly Leonard
‘The fabric of your life’
Selvedge celebrates textiles and cloth from historical and contemporary standpoints, with a practical and inspirational edge too.
This latest edition explores ‘the enduring relationship between textiles and the botanical world.’ Inside, Italian artist Antonia Rossi delves into her talismans, bracelets and necklaces—or ‘love tokens’—inspired by ephemera once given to Italian children entrusted to nunneries by their mothers, Nadia Albertini embarks on a journey into the rich history of ribbon embroidery, and three modern milliners spanning Helsinki, Madrid and Berlin share a selection of their work and discuss the avenues through which they discovered their passion for hats.
Plus, Sarah Jane Downing discovers the textile town of Saffron Walden in Essex, named after the expensive golden spice that first arrived on British shores during the plague years.