Weaving aesthetic

the basket weaver

To create their intricately beautiful array of fabrics, A Rum Fellow’s cofounders, husband-and-wife Dylan O’Shea and Caroline Lindsell, draw on centuries-old techniques found in Guatemala. “It’s a nation that lives and breathes textiles,” says O’Shea. There, family-run weavers produce the London-based studio’s brightly colored brocades and fabrics, which debut in the U.S. this summer with […]

• whistling kettle • moss underfoot • wood smoke • starlight •

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A versatile weaving yarn, Duet is strong enough for warp, soft enough for garments, and hardy enough for kitchen towels.

circa 2011. Jadawati, a weaver, working on a 24 feet carpet which will take her nearly 40 days to complete. As a bonded-labourer, she must fetch raw material from her ‘contractor’, finish and deliver the carpet to him. The contractor pays her about 60 rupees a day(<$1), a rate nearly half the minimum wages entitled to her as per the law. The carpet that might sell for 25,000 rupees (<$400) or above will have earned Jadawati less than 2,500.

Charting new waters in ethical and sustainable rug design, Armadillo was a natural choice for our Made in India Report. Co-founder Jodie Fried tells The Textile Eye about her big career pivot, being the first Australian and American rug maker to achieve B Corp status, and what slow living means to

Handspun yarns for weaving a framed tapestry