A new exhibition has reopened at the British Museum in London: Arctic: Culture and Climate .

Kolam is the Asian art and craft of making patterns out of ground rice to greet the start of each day.

Just down the road from where we live in London is the Passmore Edwards Public Library.

Each week the blog presents a different article from the collection in the studio. This week, a woven whirlpool...

It is a little while since we shared some pics of the islands. This year the summer colours are absolutely brilliant, in all senses of the word.

Thanks to a tip from a reader of the blog we have a new book for the library.

The Metropolitan Museum in New York conserved and displayed a unique carpet. The job took years...

Over the time we have been in the buildings in Sellafirth, fourteen years now, we have been looking after the wild flowers that come up each year in what looks like barren ground.

The care of fabrics and textiles is an art in itself. This book will help us preserve the collection.

Here is another lovely idea; a carpet created to commemorate a 19th Century Finnish writer.