Deep fall invites cozy stillness, and an appreciation of fabrics. Quilts and other textiles soften the darkness. Baskets hearken back to close-to-the-earth times. Creating them is a meditation. Too ...

The search for new fabric for a more sustainable future is a continuously ongoing process in the fashion industry due to the scrutiny around the textile industry regarding their contribution to ...

Cellulose-based textile material can make the clothing sector more sustainable. Currently, cellulose-based textiles are mainly made from wood, but a study headed by researchers from Chalmers ...

The Bird Island Cultural Centre is playing host to an exhibit by textile artist Heather MacKenzie through the month of March. MacKenzie, of Minneapolis, weaves in challenging ways and takes ...

This wasn't an idle boast. One of the pain points that has thwarted textile-to-textile recycling at scale is the ...

AZoM speaks with Anna Watkins about her business Uncommon Alchemy, which is developing an exciting novel textile material made from seaweed. I’m a material innovator working on sustainable materials ...

In this winter of hunkering down at home, there's a trend that's just right for the times: quilts as decor and as art. An artistic quilt might be displayed prominently on a wall, thrown over a couch, ...

Does limitation breed possibility or does freedom and individuality? That’s an interesting question that designers will be facing in the next decade as more and more AI customization programs come ...

Producing functional fabrics that perform all the functions we want, while retaining the characteristics of fabric we’re accustomed to is no easy task. Two groups of researchers at Drexel University — ...

Today the world of art and design is confronted with a debilitating lack of knowledge concerning textiles. Architects, artists and industrial designers as well as fashion designers no longer know the ...