MAVENS & STORYTELLERS
Mavens and Storytellers: Polly Leonard
By Kathryn Clark. Every now and then someone raises the bar for an entire design field. Someone steps back and sees the bigger picture. Someone, say, finds the best contemporary textiles the world over, connects them together and lays them … Continue reading
Posted in Box 2, Global, MAVENS & STORYTELLERS, TEXTILES+PAPER
Tagged Selvedge, Textiles, UK
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Mavens and Storytellers: Nancie Mills Pipgras
By Regina Connell. I can’t imagine kicking off our coverage of mavens with anyone other than Nancie Mills Pipgras, a woman who’s helping change the way the world looks at this ancient-contemporary form of art. Luca Barberini Folla (2010) Nancie’s … Continue reading
Mavens and Storytellers: Made by Hand
By Regina M. Connell. Next up in our occasional series on people who tell the maker story so, so well: Made by Hand, a video celebration of the artisanal movement. These handcrafted, painstakingly designed 6 minute (or so) films (I … Continue reading
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Tagged Artisan, bee-keeping, beer, brooklyn, cigar, craft, Handmade, storyteller, video
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Mavens and Storytellers: Nick Hand
By Regina Connell. There’s something about the world of craft that brings out the storyteller in people. (Obviously…) It’s the craftspeople, of course, and the beauty of the craft process itself, but there’s also the connection to something deeper: the … Continue reading
Posted in MAVENS & STORYTELLERS, SITES + BLOGS, SPOTLIGHT, The big picture
Tagged artisans, craftsmen, Nick Hand, Slowcoast, Storytellers
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