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Making Denim for Roy

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Seth Winner

Thank you , Internets, for the steady flow of videos that celebrate the construction of textiles. This one turned up a few days ago via twitter: @lbruning and I think i’ve watched it 20 times already. Back in June, I was first … Continue reading →

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Textile Book Club: Spacesuit:Fashioning Apollo

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Seth Winner

Over at TXCHNOLOGIST is a great interview with Nicholas de Monchaux, author of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo. This book has been my summer reading material and it is a fascinating look into the science, engineering and politics behind not just the Spacesuit … Continue reading →

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Roy Denim

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Seth Winner

THIS is Textilesmithing. Roy makes jeans. He doesn’t slap his label on a sweatshop manufactured piece of shoddy workmanship and charge a mint for them. Roy smiths jeans. He takes denim, thread, rivets, and buttons, and with the great skill … Continue reading →

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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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Stormy Kromer

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Seth Winner

Living in Michigan necessitates an ample collection of headgear choices. Winters can go from mild to face freezing in a matter of hours, and inversely, what works in the winter may boil your head in the fall and spring. For … Continue reading →

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Felt, Intersecting

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Seth Winner

I was reminded of Pauline Verbeek-Cowart‘s Felt Lace X-Change yesterday when I checked in on the Cooper Hewitt Design Blog. I first encountered this fabric years ago when visiting Bethanne Knudson at the Oriole Mill to see what was going … Continue reading →

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Armor Fabric

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Seth Winner

Sometimes I dream of the day when we all live in modern settings and only need to wear one piece of do-everything clothing. It comes from watching too much Star Trek. I imagine their jumpsuits to be a futuristic textile … Continue reading →

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