A couple more experiments, bigger ones next!

Woven Portraits

Some initial trials of my woven portraits, more to follow once I have cracked the technique!

 recently cut off the loom...

 Still on the loom...

Puddle of Light will also be showing at iFabric European Talent, at the Audax Textile Museum in Tilburg, Holland from September 24th 2011 - January 29th 2012.

"Audax Textielmuseum Tilburg presents a young generation of highly promising designers from Europe who are active in the fields of fashion, interior textiles and design."

http://www.textielmuseum.nl/en/agenda?agid=882

Puddle of Light will be exhibited at SpinExpo Pulse, Shanghai, from 6th-8th September 2011.

"Organised by independent textile specialists, SPINEXPO^TMpresents a truly international top level offer in the field of fibres, yarns for knitting, circular knit and weaving (fabrics and upholstery), socks, laces, labels and technical textiles. It takes place twice yearly in Shanghai -China. "

http://www.spinexpo.com/shanghai/

New article on Sarah Podlesny's work on the Texprint website, titled 'Sarah Podlesny’s whirlwind year after Texprint'

http://www.texprint.org.uk/index.php/news#entry191

Fabrics from Sarah and her fellow Texprint winners have been featured in Italian online magazine Collezioni Trends. The magazine focuses on fabric trend forecasting, colour, yarns and reports on international exhibitions.

The first article is about Texprint, and the second article is about Lace. We got featured in both!

Texprint's Isabel Fishlock got the front cover!

above: Holly and Sarah's woven pieces on page 41 ^^

above: one of Sarah's woven fabrics from the Puddle of Light Collection features in the Lace Article in Collezioni Trends

Press!

Sarah's collection was featured in the Autumn 2010 issue of COVER: modern carpets and textiles for interiors in an article called Hidden London: The next designers to know, written by Lucy Upward.

The article showcases eight of London's emerging designers.