Buy Issue 124 Rural of Selvedge magazine. The Industrial Revolution triggered a mass migration from rural areas to metropolitan centres. Today the tables have turned, and technology has made it possible to conduct business outside the city in an economically and socially advantageous way.  

This issue highlights individuals who have found creative freedom in the country. Meet a block printer, sail maker, chair caner, ribbon weaver, felt maker, basket maker, carpet restorer, and shopkeeper who have all built thriving businesses around preserving heritage skills. 

What is Selvedge magazine?

Polly Leonard launched Selvedge magazine in 2004 to celebrate our cerebral and sensual addiction to cloth while promoting skilfully made and carefully considered textiles. Every issue features talented makers and their lives and stories. Polly believes the most interesting and evocative textile stories deserve to be shown in the best possible light and has thus created a magazine that is an aesthetically beautiful experience.

This magazine is available in PAPER format. 

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