Category Archives: craft

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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Posted in Branding, clothing, craft, machines, Textiles, woven | Tagged | 1 Comment

Sheep Shaving and Speed Weaving.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Seth Winner

Its farm show time here in Pennsylvania. I don’t know how, but I could feel it in the air 100 miles from the epicenter  at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.

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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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Posted in Architecture, armor, book, clothing, craft, Customization, engineering, NASA, protection, Space Suits, Textiles | 2 Comments

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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Bicycle Tires are Rubber Coated Textiles

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Seth Winner

Its time to change gears here at Textilesmithing. I’ve been looking at and writing about a lot of Art lately here on this blog and I’m sure there will be more writing about Art. However, one the reasons I started this blog was to look at textiles that are functional, textiles that enhance performance. Engineered textiles.

Last week over at Velonews there was a story about three things I love: Bicycles, Handmade Equipment, and Textiles. It was a story about FMB, a company that hand builds tubular tires that are so good, they’ve been on bikes that won Paris-Roubaix. At this point many of you are probably already asking “wait, what is a tubular tire and what is Paris-Roubaix?” Continue reading →

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Sheila Hicks: 50 Years

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Seth Winner

Being a textile blog, I would be remiss to not mention this show. THIS retrospective almost requires a trip back to Philadelphia. Sheila Hicks is a Sculptor working in the medium of Fiber. She took a wrapping technique that I … Continue reading →

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Sol Lewitt: Recent Installations

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Seth Winner

I’ve been an uncomfortable fan of Sol Lewitt ever since I discovered him in college. I’d pour through his catalogs and books, enjoying the way he created systems and worked them through to the end. The books were intimate looks … Continue reading →

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Noiz Architects: Honeycomb!

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Seth Winner

I want to play with this honeycomb furniture/art/textile/construction by Noiz Architects. This was designed and constructed for the lobby of Le Méridien Taipei in Taiwan. It is the corporate mandate of Le Méridien to attract the ‘creative guest’ and this … Continue reading →

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Lanny Bergner

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Seth Winner

My guess is that Lanny Bergner has thick fingertips after all his years of cutting, twisting and bending wire screen. I’ve worked with wire screen and its a bloody affair. So I’m imagining that ‘aha’ moment where he thought “this … Continue reading →

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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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