TLmag 35 Extended: Tactile/Textile/Texture

For our S/S 2021 issue: TLmag35: Tactile/Textile/Texture, TLmag featured six contemporary artists who are using the traditions of weaving to create groundbreaking and innovative work.

Working with textiles and decorative fabric elements, these five artists are creating and capturing body covers, face masks, suits and sculptures that speak of preservation, identity, transformation and surrender.

Chicago-based artist Jacqueline Surdell has her first solo museum exhibition at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), in Birmingham, Alabama.

For our S/S 2021 issue: TLmag35: Tactile/Textile/Texture, Francesca Picchi wrote a fantastic essay about the impact and importance of Italian sofa design post WWII – from innovative materials that allowed for more avant garde forms to the brilliant branding that made the world take notice.

It has been nearly 2-years since the passing of legendary textile designer and connoisseur, Jack Lenor Larsen, whose legacy lives on at the LongHouse. For our S/S 2021 issue, Adrian Madlenar wrote about this passionate and endlessly curious artist who helped bring handwoven textiles into the forefront of art, design and manufacturing.

La Galerie du 19M in Paris presents Carla Fernández: The Future is Handmade, an immersive exhibition into the world of this singular artist and fashion designer that highlights her collaborations with Mexican artisans, whose art and savoir-faire she celebrates across her practice.

Belgian photographer Sebastien Van de Walle captured the powerful performance art movement in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo during a 2018 visit. There he met Percy Numbi and Flory Sinanduku who create wildly creative costumes out of the waste and trash that sits in a dried up river bed in a poor neighborhood in the city.

Researching the history of sheep farming and textiles near their home in northern Italy has led ruga.perissinotto to develop a beautiful collection of home interior products using local wool.

On January 10, Heimtextil opened its doors for 3 days of activities and events promoting and celebrating all things textile. The highly respected trade show features 2400 exhibitors this year from over 120 countries.

TLmag spoke to Borre Akkersdijk, the designer and entrepreneur behind BYBORRE, the innovative company that is changing the way textiles can be made.

In 2021, Chiara Alessi spoke with Milan-based designer, Marialaura Irvine, about her use of embroidery as both an art form and creative process, and her role in Studio Irvine. Currently, Marialaura just completed an interiors project at the Circulo Filologico, in Milan, and is preparing to debut a new collection of rugs with Spazio Nobile at NOMAD Capri, in July. More on that to come.

For our S/S 2021 issue: TLmag35: Tactile, Textile, Texture, Costanza Rinaldi wrote about the groundbreaking career of Maria Lai, a Sardinian born artist who used poetry and art as means to better understand life and its complexities, particularly as an independent woman of her generation.