Maxine Bristow

The austere, minimalist workings of Maxine Bristow make strong references to crafts within it's process of careful, meticulous, repetitive stitch.

Bokja - patchwork textile furniture

Wonderful textiles - there are other companies / designers who do some similar works but I am quite drawn to the particular selections of fabrics for this work.

www.bokjadesign.com

Paola Lenti

Some cracking textiles at large scales from this italian company who specialise in rugs and seating furniture. They seem very experimental with materials and like to upscale techniques.

www.paulalenti.com

John Lindsten: Embroidered Chairs

John Lindsten is a sweedish furniture designer, in these pieces (spotted at Designersblock) he has utilised found embroideries for the back panels.

http://www.lindstenform.com/

traditional samples

Panel produced by Lancaster Prints, England, 1856.

Panel designed by Claude Camille Pierre Pernon, France, Lyon, 1788

Cape (section) Spain, 17th Century.

These examples demonstrate time, craftsmanship, vision.

They are all from the The Art Institute of Chicago collection. Source: 27

Claire Tough

2008

2008.

S/S 2010 collection.

Knit, embroidery, fashion, illustrative, drawing with stitch

http://www.clairetough.co.uk/ Source: 26

Karen Nicol

Quite traditionally british textiles but with clear influences from a more global platform.

Birds, plants, floral Source: 26

http://www.karennicol.com/

Re-Modelled

Paul Smith, 2010. Crochet blankets, cottage industry. Source: 5

Fancy yarns, jacquard, dobby, edging

This piece by Louis Vuitton play's with scale of stitch, over working, dye and comes from a classic case of a reworked textile.

Source: 1

Illustration

Rachel Griffin - textile illustrated books. The Fabrics of Fairytale & African Tales: a Barefoot Collection.

Work completed as a part of the Fancy Stitch initiative in South Africa. The project teaches stitching skills and uses images that are developed by the individual artist - which often come directly from personal memory. The works are then sold to provide income for the artist who made thye work. http://www.fancy.org.za/

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Questioning

Basso & Brooke, 2010. Chain mail styled cloth, constructed. Source: 5

Sometimes you come across textiles that questions and challenges the notion of process. This work by Anna Glassbrook was shown at The Octagon in Bath but was work that she completed as a student at Bath Spa and was subsequently shown at New Designers 2010. The work explores the idea of stitch in space, as 3d and had a feeling of a stitch suspended in space.

Source: 2