Selvedge Magazine: Issue 133 Kin

Buy Issue 133 Kin of Selvedge magazine.

In traditional societies, craft skills pass from generation to generation, but in Western post-industrial society, that continuum has been disrupted. During the 20th century in the UK, formal education took up the baton, teaching textiles in schools with varying success. Today, art is no longer compulsory beyond age 14, yet interest in textiles among Generation Z has never been stronger.

In this issue, we look beyond formal education to how children experience textiles during their formative years, through clothing, toys, games, and play, and consider how manual dexterity and craft skills vary across cultures and social contexts.

When children learn to sew, weave, or knit, they aren’t just acquiring a practical skill; they're learning to slow down, to value process over instant output, to understand that some things are worth making by hand precisely because they take time – a quiet counterbalance to a world of algorithmic speed.

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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