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The ArcticRead MoreDecember 5, 2020
A new exhibition has reopened at the British Museum in London: Arctic: Culture and Climate .
An ancient mulberry treeRead MoreNovember 28, 2020
Lesnes Abbey is in south-east London, in the borough of Bexley and in its grounds stands an old mulberry tree.
Article of the Week - number thirty four - a tobacco silkRead MoreOctober 3, 2020
This week's Article of the Week is a Tobacco Silk, a little piece of marketing history
KolamRead MoreSeptember 5, 2020
Kolam is the Asian art and craft of making patterns out of ground rice to greet the start of each day.
Article of the week - Number FourRead MoreFebruary 29, 2020
Each week the blog presents a different article from the collection in the studio. This week, a woven whirlpool...
The world's rarest textileRead MoreNovember 16, 2019
This week a rare sea silk hat was auctioned in New York.
Late summer in ShetlandRead MoreAugust 3, 2019
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.
Conserving the Emperor's CarpetRead MoreJune 22, 2019
The Metropolitan Museum in New York conserved and displayed a unique carpet. The job took years...
Flowers at the studioRead MoreJune 15, 2019
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.
