Last week I visited Brooke and Francesca, the owners of The London Loom in their new inviting and exciting pop-up space on Hackney Road. What is The London Loom and how did it begin? Francesca – We’ve been teaching and running craft parties for a while and about two years ago I taught myself how…
Category: Tapestry
Juju Just Do It
In all honesty I was nervous about asking Judit to be interviewed for Embellished Talk. With nearly 80,000 followers on her Instagram account that catalogues her skills, crafts and colourful textiles I was intimidated and thought she would say no. I assumed that someone so generatively creative would not have time to share their ideas…
How I Fell in Love With Textiles
Wiktoria Nowak is a freelance textile designer from Poland, Łódź. How did you get into textiles? When I was in high school I wanted to study animation at a film school in Łódź but I didn’t pass the exams. I was really determined to stay in the city and study something else. A year later…
Silk Tapestries
Billie Zangewa is a visual artist that has exhibited her silk tapestries all over the world and continues to do so. She lives and works in Johannesburg. How did you get into textiles? I didn’t get into it so much as I evolved into it as a result of many interests and experiences in my…