Posted on Wed, January 17th, 2018 in Writing »
Birgitta Nordstrom
Selvedge magazine issue 80 (2018)
Posted on Wed, January 17th, 2018 in Writing »
Hildur Bjarnadottir
article published with Norwegian Crafts (2018)
Posted on Wed, August 16th, 2017 in Writing »
Double Dutch
Selvedge Magazine issue 78 (2017)
Posted on Tue, August 1st, 2017 in Writing »
Can That Be Taught?
A Companion on Contemporary Craft (forthcoming chapter)
Posted on Thu, July 13th, 2017 in Writing »
Knitting after Making
TEXTILES, COMMUNITY & CONTROVERSY (Bloomsbury: 2019)
Posted on Fri, June 9th, 2017 in Writing »
Christien Meindertsma
Selvedge magazine issue 78 (2017)
Posted on Sat, April 29th, 2017 in Writing »
Kimsooja
BY JESSICA HEMMINGS Kimsooja Korean born, New York and Paris-based, artist Kimsooja first began working with textiles in 1983 when she started to sew using her late grandmother’s clothing. Today […]
Posted on Fri, March 10th, 2017 in Writing »
Liza Lou
Surface Design Journal spring 2017 pp. 32-37
Posted on Fri, December 30th, 2016 in Writing »
Unlearning Optical Illusions
published by Norwegian Crafts
Posted on Tue, December 6th, 2016 in Writing »
Mending Fashion
Surface Design Journal fall 2016: 26-31.
Posted on Fri, January 15th, 2016 in Writing »
Philosophy: Korean label Oma
Selvedge magazine vol 74 (2016) pp. 64-67.
Posted on Mon, August 24th, 2015 in Writing » Articles »
J. Morgan Puett: Labor Portraits
BY JESSICA HEMMINGS Mildred’s Lane is an artistic experiment conceived by American J. Morgan Puett located in rural Pennsylvania. The one hundred acre site hosts residencies and fellowships informed by […]
Posted on Sat, June 13th, 2015 in Writing » Articles »
Running Craft
BY JESSICA HEMMINGS Running provides a small way to reconnect with time. Perhaps it is here that the similarities between running and craft begin. When so much of daily life […]
Posted on Tue, March 24th, 2015 in Writing » Articles »
Kustaa Saksi
“My world is a graphic world,” explains the Amsterdam-based Finnish designer Kustaa Saksi
Posted on Tue, February 24th, 2015 in Writing » Articles »
Gabrielle Soyer
Selvedge magazine 2015
Posted on Fri, August 1st, 2014 in Writing » Articles »
Faig Ahmed in Surface Design Journal
BY JESSICA HEMMINGS As a child, Faig Ahmed once decided to entertain himself by rearranging the motifs he found in the carpet on the floor of his grandmother’s home. Not […]
Posted on Mon, June 16th, 2014 in Writing » Articles »
Toshiko MacAdam
Selvedge magazine (issue 60, 2014: 50-54)
Posted on Tue, May 13th, 2014 in Writing » Articles »
Sleeping Nets
Selvedge Magazine (2014: pp 22-27)
Posted on Thu, May 1st, 2014 in Writing » Articles »
Kate MccGwire article in SDJ
BY JESSICA HEMMINGS The anthropologist Mary Douglas felt dirt was little more than matter out of place. Hair on our heads is beautiful, the very same hair sneaking into our […]
Posted on Sat, April 26th, 2014 in Writing » Articles »
Maison Legeron
Jessica Hemmings discovers business is blooming for makers of artificial flowers, Maison Legeron Maison Legeron makes by hand silk flowers for clients such as the fashion houses of Dior, Courrèges […]