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Mending

art, craft, embroidery, INSPIRATIONS, patch, know-how, textile

March 13, 2023/by Florence Benita

"mending" means taking up again, like the ancestral Japanese "boro" technique inspired by the Wabi Sabi philosophy: the idea is to darn worn textiles because we love them so much, rather than...

art, color, INSPIRATIONS, textile

August 19, 2020/by Florence Benita

As a textile enthusiast, it was a happy coincidence that I discovered the modernist work of American artist Sheila Hicks. Sheila Hicks was destined to become a painter when she discovered the...

craft, embroidery, color, INSPIRATIONS, fashion, photo, know-how, dyeing, textile

September 10, 2019/by Florence Benita

So many countries to discover, so many traditions and skills, so much cultural wealth... It's hard to say which country inspired each of these photographs. The intensity of the...

craft, color, INSPIRATIONS, know-how, dyeing, textile

August 9th, 2019/by Florence Benita

Whole or the art of vegetable dyeing... I was lucky enough to be able to take part in a workshop with Aurélia Wolf, the creator of the Whole brand specializing in vegetable dyes. WHOLE is...

crafts, decoration, INSPIRATIONS, photo, textile

July 6, 2019/by Florence Benita

Once upon a time, a doll was born in memory of an old rag doll. Neither a character nor an animal, without front or back, mixed and faceless, the pigmée...

crafts, embroidery, INSPIRATIONS, dyeing, textile

May 28, 2019/by Florence Benita

Having long been fascinated by this ethnic group, I dedicate this article to the splendor of their heritage... The Miao are one of the few national minorities in China whose population also...

INSPIRATIONS, dyeing, textile

May 28, 2019/by Florence Benita

Where to start... indigo is so beautiful! Indigo blue" comes from a small bush, the dyer's indigo, found in tropical Asia and Africa. To be able to...

crafts, INSPIRATIONS, textile

May 17, 2019/by Florence Benita

Khadi is a fabric spun and woven by hand in India from natural materials. (Often cotton, but also wool and silk). Since my first...

art, crafts, embroidery, INSPIRATIONS, textile

May 15, 2019/by Florence Benita

Swati Kalsi is an Indian textile designer with a love of textiles that shows. "A hand has a brain of its own, It can think...

crafts, embroidery, INSPIRATIONS, fashion, patch, textile

May 15, 2019/by Florence Benita

Celia Pym is an artist who draws her inspiration from the Japanese boros technique, working with used clothing. Creating dressings, patches and darning, she patches up our pieces...

Mending

Sheila Hicks

Slavic ornaments

Vegetable Dye

The Pigmée doll

Miao

Indigo

Passion Khadi

Swati Kalsi

Celia Pym