1 DRESS YOUR WALLS FOR COLOUR AND WARMTH
Feeling the chill? Tapestries and wall hangings are enjoying a renaissance at the moment and can bring warmth, colour and texture to a room. Earlier this year, Etsy reported a 172% increase in searches for tufted wall decor; a response to soaring fuel bills, possibly, but also part of the shift away from stark white interiors towards the creation of cosy, multilayered environments.
One of this year's most celebrated artworks has undoubtedly been Alberta Whittle's Deep Dive (Pause) Uncoiling Memory, an installation by the Barbadian-Scottish artist comprising film, sculpture and tapestry presented at the 2022 Scotland + Venice Biennale. The tapestry, titled Entanglement is More Than Blood, was developed by weavers at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh and explores migration, trade and climate colonialism. Dovecot director Celia Joicey notes an increasing use of the medium of tapestry to convey important perspectives that previously haven't been given oxygen in the art world: "We have another tapestry underway at the moment with Christine Borland which will celebrate the legacy of the Edinburgh Seven, who were the first women in Britain to go to university," she says. Borland's design, she adds, has been created using digital media and is an example of "a very traditional medium's boundaries being pushed in new and exciting ways".
Another example of an artist mixing textiles with technology is Rachel Maclean, who designed two rugs which Dovecot's tufters worked on from digital images (you can see one of the rugs, Save Mi, on the previous page).
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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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Escape EASTSIDE COTTAGES
This tiny house, full of clever architectural solutions, is hidden away in a valley near Penicuik
THE WRITE ANGLE
This glasshouse in Edinburgh was a necessary upgrade for two writers who needed an escape from family life
Turn back the clock
Sometimes we have to look back to step forward. This home was stripped of its ultra-modern interior - and it has never looked better
A place of our own
Bold, brave choices paid off handsomely when the owners of this Edinburgh flat decided to put their stamp on the place
REFUGE FROM THE STORM
Two hundred years of Atlantic gales reduced this cottage to a wreck. Now, though, the gently restored Mull bolt-hole has a brighter outlook
The starting point
As the first project of both its original architect and the one who would reshape it 150 years later, this little coach house in Argyll has been on quite a journey
MORE THAN SKIN DEEP
The beauty of this Edwardian home lies not just in its gorgeous surfaces, but in a full-scale retrofit that's made it as energy efficient as a new Passivhaus
SPACE TO BREATHE
Several ugly extensions marred this cottage in rural Aberdeenshire until a rethink gave its owners a simplified layout and much more eco-friendly home
MELANIE O'DONNELL - Ceramic artist
The best thing about creating ceramics is the way you can get lost in another world.
Reading LIST
Design that will stand the test of time is the focus of our latest batch of books, all of which deserve a prime spot on a very stylish coffee table