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32 Spectacular Fabrics and Trims Coming to Market This Year- AD- Nisha Designs

From tapestries to cut velvet and shimmery upholstery, here are the fabric and trim trends that will rule 2023

Tired of seeing yet another bouclé-covered sofa? Us too. This year promises a new wave of ideas for fabrics and trims, as seen at Paris Déco Off in January and recent collection previews. Textures have evolved from the nubby options of yesteryear to sleek-piled velvets and woven tapestries. Plus, what’s old is new again as pattern inspirations pull largely from fabric house archives. When it comes to color, bold, full-bodied jewel tones continue to reign, though experimentation with monotonal fabrics and trims make way for inspiring neutrals that are anything but one note. Here are the textiles you’re about to see everywhere in 2023.

Making the Cut

In a departure from the full-scale velvets of years past, this season is all about cut velvet. These touchable textile debuts are at once funky, sinuous, and eye-catching—and in every colorway imaginable. We say pile them on!

Pelangi Velvet in F774502 by Osborne amp Little

Peacock Blue Is the New Neutral

From ruby red and regal plum to refreshing peacock blue, jewel tones prevail in 2023’s collections of fabrics and trims. That avian blue—envisioned in a variety of fabrics and patterns this season—is as entrancing as it is versatile. With appealing options like these, there’s nothing wrong with a little peacocking.

English Riding Velvet in Lovat by Ralph Lauren Home

Cala Ferrera in Azul by Gastón y Daniela

Fresh Takes on Tapestry

Flora and fauna grow rampantly in the latest fabric trend of reviving tapestry and crewelwork from centuries past. Though some brands have opted for more literal interpretations of Flemish verdure tapestry, others have whimsically reimagined woodland scenes and the creatures that inhabit them. As heritage houses comb through their archives, many have chosen to reinterpret historical fabrics. William Morris, for example, created the Bird pattern in 1878 to adorn his drawing room walls at Kelmscott House, and this season Morris & Co. has reproduced the fabric with the original hand-driven jacquard loom production quality.

Meanwhile, French heritage label Braquenié, which Pierre Frey acquired in 1991, celebrates its 200th anniversary with the Anniversaire 1823–2023 collection, featuring more than 50 fabrics, 30 wallpapers, and 10 rugs that draw on the textile maison’s archival documents, as well as those in the heritage collections of the Château de Versailles, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and the Musée de la Toile de Jouy. Featuring several fabrics directly inspired by tapestry, cross-stitching, and other highly textural woven techniques, the collection launched during Paris Déco Off and made for one of the week’s most memorable events: At Château de Louye, a privately owned castle in Normandy, Braquenié fabrics dressed nearly every interior in marvelously patterned layers for a sumptuous display of French heritage, expertly blending the old and the new.

a tableau of fabrics and trims including a blanket and pillows on a sofa

Forest of Dean in BrightMulti by Sanderson

Bird Tapestry in Tump Green by Morris amp Co

All That Glitters

Metallic threadwork and cording played a standout role in nearly every collection this season, adding luster to scenes under the sea or inside the forest. And for the more modern-minded, abstract patterns have also been making a splash across showrooms. One thing is certain: In 2023, designers are ready to show up for shimmer.

Prima Alpaca Boucl in Domus Ebony by Sandra Jordan

Wanderlusting Prints

Toile de Jouy prints and painterly scenics take on new narratives, transporting viewers to lands near and far—whether it’s Nantucket, Lake Como, or a tropical locale.

Zuma in Multi by Meredith Ellis Textiles

Villa Como in F777301 by Osborne amp Little

Valensole Print in LeafRose by Brunschwig amp Fils

Scenic Nantucket in White on Weathered Red by Gary McBournie Home

White on White

The resurgence of monochrome interiors have textile makers toying with new ways to add texture and depth to minimalist palettes. That can mean anything from employing chic tone-on-tone embroideries and fringe-inducing fil coupé techniques to experimentations with weight and sheerness.

Calicanto in Impression Sous la Neige by Dedar

Playful Passementerie

Maximalism and historic details continue to dazzle new audiences this year, making it passementerie’s time to shine. In addition to Clarence House’s launch of more than 200 solid-color trimmings—designed to effortlessly complement residential interiors—ombré tassels and ornate Art Deco fringe topped our list of must-sees. Mark these down.

Zelda Beaded Fringe in Sycomore by Houlès

Kaleidoscope Trimmings in assorted varieties by Clarence House

Bloom Key Tassel in 34 Spruce by Lori Weitzner for Samuel amp Sons

Outdoor Boullion Fringe in Green by Schumacher

Source: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/7-fabric-trends-that-will-rule-interiors-in-2023

March 4, 2023March 3, 2023 by Nisha Desai Categories: BlogTags: ART, Artists, colors, FABRICS AND TEXTILES, hospitality design, hotel design, interiordesign, interiordesigners, interiors, Nisha Designs, residential design, Sustainability, textilde design, textile art, textile trends Leave a comment

Fiber Artists- Sheila Hicks- Nisha Designs

Hicks, who has made fiber the foundation of her practice for 60 years, is one of the world’s most celebrated artists.

Sheila Hicks, Seven Magic Rain Dances (detail), 2019.

Sheila Hicks, Sentinel of Saffron, 2018.

Sheila Hicks, Chaine et trame interchangeable, 1983-2016.

Installation view, Sheila Hicks at the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Sheila Hicks (all), *Sober Streak Green*, 2019; Sober Streak Violet, 2019; Sober Streak Blue, 2019.

Sheila Hicks, Multi-colored Minime, ca 1962.

Sheila Hicks, Zapallar, 1958 (left);, Cluny II, 2008.

Sheila Hicks, North South East West, 2017-18.

Sheila Hicks, Sunset Pavilion Inhabited, 2015.

Sheila Hicks, May I have This Dance, 2011 (as installed at the ICA Philadelphia).

Source: https://www.sheilahicks.com/

March 26, 2022March 25, 2022 by Nisha Desai Categories: ART, BlogTags: ART, Artists, colors, ffibers, fiber artist, hospitality design, hotel design, interiordesign, interiordesigners, interiors, Modern art notes, Nisha Designs, residential design, Sheila hicks, textile art, textile designer, textiles Leave a comment

ACTIVE DESIGN – PRINT YOUR DESIGN- Nisha Designs

You cannot find the suitable design for your general design idea? You are looking for a design in your CI colours? You have a picture which you would like to print on fabrics?
Active Design Printing helps you to realise your ideas in a quick and uncomplicated way. A variety of base cloths is available for you to choose from, be it an upholstery fabric, a dimout, a blackout or a transparent fabric.
In our archive you will find an extensive selection of design proposals. With the help of our online colouring program, the ColourLab, you can redesign them according to your own ideas.base cloth

OUR SERVICES AT A GLANCE:

The printing of individual designs on tested contract qualities
A great selection of base fabrics for various intended purposes
The printing is possible on fabrics with a width between 140 – 300 cm
Excellent light fastness and fastness to washing
Online colouring programme ColourLab
A large online design archive
Quick and flexible implementation
Competent advice by our print specialists
Attractive minimum quantities
High-quality printing
Brilliant colours and sharp contours
Please send your inquiries to contract@deliustextiles.de.

COLOURS OF YOUR CHOICE

Red, yellow, brown or green, you decide and design according to your colour ideas and have the result of your design idea directly in front of your eyes. The DELIUS ColourLAB makes it possible. With this unique colouring programme you can quickly and easily customise existing designs from DELIUS into the colour world of your choice.

In combination with the RAL Design colour range you have a binding colour reference when colouring a design, independent of the colour variations of the screen and printer. You can print out the design you have created after completion or send it directly to us.

For samples of our base cloths please contact nisha@nishadesigns.com

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Bisa Butler: Textile art inspired by vintage photographs of African Americans

Daughter of the Dust
**there is no paint on this artwork**
Cotton, silk, wool, velvet and suede

Butler, a formally trained African American artist of Ghanaian heritage, broaches the dividing line between creating with paints on canvas and creating with fiber by fashioning magnificent quilts and elevating a medium hitherto designated as craft into one that is clearly high art. While quilts have historically been isolated in the history of art as the products of working women, Butler’s work not only acknowledges this tradition, but also reinvents it. Continuing with an aesthetic set in motion by artists such as Romare Bearden and Faith Ringgold, Butler forges an individual and expressive signature style that draws upon her own cultural background and experiences.

Dear Mama (detail): quilted and appliquéd cotton, wool and chiffon

Her emergence as a quilt artist began humbly when, as a result of a fiber arts class taken at Howard University, she constructed a quilt for her dying grandmother mainly as a means of comfort. As a child Butler had often spent time poring over black and white photographs with her grandmother, who told her stories about the people in each one. This experience of creating narrative and identity informs her quilts. The vibrant portraits of African American life and the tales the quilts tell are largely based on photographs from which Butler takes inspiration. She creates a story around each image, and, in her choice of fabrics, she uses texture, color and the cultural origin of the cloth as part of a personal iconography that makes statements about society and identity. African painted cotton and mud cloth tells the story of her ancestral homeland, vintage lace and aged satin might demonstrate the delicacy and refinement of times past while multi-colored organza and layered netting can convey a story of someone colorful and multifaceted.The constructed nature of the work with its reliance on piecing and stitching acknowledges the traditions of needlework normally associated with women and domesticity. Butler subverts this notion through her choice of motifs, embellishments, patterning and scale, all drawn from African textiles.What results are stunning works that transform family memories and cultural practices into works of social statement.