Azure – September 2019

036 _ _SEPT 2019

THREE NEW TEXTILE COLLECTIONS AIM

TO BRING THE PAST INTO VIVID FOCUS

WORDS _Kendra Jackson

Made from

Memory

Veer by Wolf-Gordon

Aliki van der Kruijs’s collection of contract textiles began

with an antique kimono fabric she found while living in

Arita, Japan. Drawn to the garment’s grid pattern, the

Dutch artist first transferred it onto a porcelain vase, which

distorted and stretched the lines. This led to more explo-

rations in dimensionality when she applied the results

to polyester blends to wrap around voluminous furniture.

The collection’s three patterns – from top, Turn, Slide

and Float – shift and realign the linear design to varying

degrees. Van der Kruijs developed the 24 available colour-

ways through photographs she took of weather-beaten

architectural materials such as corrugated roofs and

peeling painted concrete in and around Arita.

wolfgordon.com

Lost & Found

by HBF Textiles

Dutch designer Christiane

Müller based her series of

fabrics around time-hon-

oured milling, knitting and

quilting techniques. The axis

of the collection is Woven

Memory (second from bot-

tom), inspired by Müller’s

childhood blanket and made

from wool and recycled

cotton. Quilted Comfort

(bottom and on panel) takes

textural notes from under-

armour garments worn by

12 th-century Crusaders,

while Cherished Knit (top)

twists yarn together in a

way that looks handcrafted.

Along with upholstery uses,

three of the fabrics are

suitable for panel applica-

tions and three for drapery.

hbftextiles.com

The Bauhaus Project by Designtex

To honour Gunta Stölzl and Anni Albers, two pioneering female weavers

of the Bauhaus, Designtex launched a geometric collection of textiles and

digitally printed wallcoverings. Employing modern-day weaving technology,

the line features recreations of original designs, as well as interpretations

of never-before-seen sketches and unexecuted patterns that highlight the

women’s influence. Totalling eight upholstery textiles and eight wallcover-

ings, the series includes Anni Albers’s Jacquard I (left) and Jacquard II

(top) – both based on geometric wall hangings she designed in the mid-

1920 s – and Mountainous, a matelassé version of a blind embossed Albers

print from 1978. designtex.com

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