23 September 2005 September 2005 sees the launch of HALI's younger sister magazine, modern carpets + textiles, the first publication to echo the vibrancy of the fast-growing international market for fine hand-made carpets and textiles. With a focus on innovation and market trends in the industry, the magazine will be good news to anyone who thought that weaving and hand-knotting were dying arts. Taking a close look at the creative process, the first issue follows stylistic developments in the modern textile world, from the designs of Bauhaus weaver Gunta Stölzl – some only now being brought to life – through the innovative textiles of influential US designer Jack Lenor Larsen, to the giant wall-hangings of young British artist/weaver Ptolemy Mann. We report on initiatives to revitalise weaving workshops in Morocco and bring Berber rugs into the contemporary European home. We explore the art of making faithful, but harder-wearing, recreations of historically significant carpets and give the results of our survey into what tickles the fancy of the 21st-century Italian rug buyer. Interested? An online version of the magazine will soon be available for viewing on our website. Cover price £7.50. To receive the first issue free of charge visit www.subscription.co.uk/moderncarpets&textiles. |
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