From the editors of Textile Forum magazine (1982-2013)
The European Textile Network (ETN), set up at the opening of the borders to Eastern Europe in 1989/90, had members from former East-European countries at a very early date. Its 5th conference in 1995 took... Read more
During this summer 2014, those wanting to be in contact with the textile culture of the northern Black Sea region, should accept the invitation by Ludmila Egorova and Andrew Schneider to celebrate the 10th International... Read more
The Slovak textile Artists Association TxT is organising their 16th Minitextile exhibition for professional textile artists and art students. The theme for 2014 will be “Textiles over Gold”, paraphrasing the tale ” Salt over Gold”... Read more
“Compression Resist: Shibori, Clamp-resist, and Ikat” at the China Naional Silk Museum (CNSM) in Hangzhou. 31 October to 4 November, 2014 Different aspects of this theme will be touched during the conference time, a.o. archeology,... Read more
The exhibition, taking place from 23 November 2013 to 1 June 2014, is the result of a collaboration between Lillehammer Art Museum and Maihaugen (Open Air Museum in Norwegen) on a presentation of textiles past... Read more
This study in German language treats a small collection of embroideries which was compiled by Fritz Iklé (son of Leopold Iklé) for the merchant of printed textiles and economic historian Adolf Jenny-Trümpy. With this collection... Read more
In 2012 – with financial support by the Zurich Silk Association (ZSIG) – the Lucerne University of Applied Science and Art had initiated the Silk Memory project at the Textile Museum St. Gallen with the... Read more