Author Archives: Seth Winner

Sharkskin, Herringbone, and Houndstooth

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Seth Winner

I’m currently going through a mid-life clothing crisis. I’m dressing a little too… frumpy, sloppy, casual. Its not that I don’t want to look stylish, its that I’m lazy about dressing and given the choice between the old comfy knit … Continue reading →

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Posted in pattern, suiting, Textiles, woven | 9 Comments

Textile Book Club: Reference Materials

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Seth Winner

I love a well organized reference book that is industry specific. I can page through Electrical and Plumbing manuals with fascination and pleasure the way i can read Atlases and Travel guides cover to cover. I recently spent hours paging … Continue reading →

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Sharkskin

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Seth Winner

For the longest time I believed a sharkskin suit was actually made from sharkskin. What did I know? I grew up in rural Pennsylvania. I eventually figured it out. Sharkskin does show up in textiles often as a point of … Continue reading →

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Posted in engineering, pattern, protection, Textiles | 3 Comments

Lexus 3-D weaving

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Seth Winner

They oversell the technology a bit, it looks like they’re braiding tubes but the implication is they are weaving cars. Maybe they can’t show all of the technology for fear of idea theft, but it looks like they bought a … Continue reading →

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Posted in 3d textile, Customization, engineering, machines, structure, woven | 4 Comments

Aerial Landscapes: Gerco de Ruijter

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Seth Winner

There is something otherworldly about Gerco de Ruijter’s Photographs. The patterns he captures from the Dutch landscape show a strange natural beauty in the regulated agriculture of the nurseries he documents. 

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Sewing + Space Invaders + Zoetrope!

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Seth Winner

“I sewed you a zoetrope” says Moxie This makes me happy for no good reason. [via Boing Boing]

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Posted in animation, Art, craft, information, machines | 3 Comments

Textile Book Club: Matilda McQuaid

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Seth Winner

Sometimes books change the way you think about your craft. I thought I’d start highlighting some books and exhibition catalogs that reset the way I thought about the potentiality of textiles, or re-opened doors I hadn’t considered for some time. … Continue reading →

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Posted in 3d textile, Architecture, armor, book, clothing, design, engineering, felt, Gloves, knit, NASA, protection, Space Suits, structure, Textiles, woven | Leave a comment

Manuel Rivera

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Seth Winner

Manuel Rivera is an artist that I caught a glimpse of for one hour in a foreign land and was only able to bring back a catalog filled with images accompanied by words in a language I do not speak. … Continue reading →

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Pink sticky confinement

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Seth Winner

Harry Guild, where the hell are you? This one’s for you.

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Posted in Architecture, Art, felt, food, site specific, structure | 1 Comment

Textile Concrete Formwork

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Seth Winner

Concrete between fabric; you’re probably familiar with it if you’ve done any tile work in the last 20 years. Similar to the way drywall is plaster made stable between 2 sheets of paper, concrete board is given shape and stabilized … Continue reading →

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Posted in Architecture, concrete, design, engineering, structure, Textiles | 6 Comments