textiles Archives - Angie Parker Textiles https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/tag/textiles/ Exquisite handwoven textiles Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:29:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 What Do You Do With An Old Loom? http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2026/03/what-do-you-do-with-an-old-loom/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:29:13 +0000 https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=3134 The answer is of course, weave with it, because old looms are pretty sturdy things. However, this isn’t just any old loom. It’s is the original Macrogauze loom engineered by one of the 20th Century’s seminal weavers, Peter Collingwood OBE 1922 -2008. Macrogauze Artworks by Peter Collingwood OBE A selection of the fruits of this […]

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]]> It’s a Bristol thing….. (those colourful houses) http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2019/09/its-a-bristol-thing-those-colourful-houses/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 10:37:00 +0000 http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=1609 It’s not hard to understand why colour lovers enjoy living in Bristol. Is there a more colourful city anywhere else in the UK? Since the mid-1960s, there’s been a growing number of brightly painted houses lighting up the urban landscape, something which has grown in popularity in recent years. I’m sure I’m not the only […]

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]]> Select Art Trail 11-12, 18-19 May http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2019/05/select-art-trail-11-12-18-19-may/ Wed, 01 May 2019 21:00:54 +0000 http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=1138 Visit Angie and fellow textile artist Anna Gravelle during this years SIT. Venue: Article Studio, Inchbrook Mill. GL5 5EZ Join us for the Private View on Friday 10 May 6-8pm

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]]> Under Your Feet. Ruthin Craft Centre 6 April-14 July http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2019/04/under-your-feet-ruthin-craft-centre-6-april-14-july/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:20:29 +0000 http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=1069 Under your feet: The Contemporary Rug is a celebration of rugs designed in the British Isles. Many moons ago (we’re talking mid 1990’s), I visited the Christopher Farr rug showroom in London as a rug weaving graduate, and whistfully tried to figure out how I could get from where I was, to being part of the contemporary rug […]

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]]> New WAVE Rug from Angie Parker Textiles http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2019/01/new-wave-rug-from-angie-parker-textiles/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=1000  The WAVE rug from Angie Parker Textiles  For lovers of colour, textiles and quality British Craft. IMAGE: Article Studio Handwoven in my Bristol studio, this exclusive piece of contemporary craft brings a dash of colour and warmth to modern and traditional interiors. This bespoke Krokbragd rug is heading to Decorex International 6-9 October 2019. The exclusive […]

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]]> shiftWorks at Devon Guild of Craftsmen 04 Mar-28 Apr http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2016/03/shiftworks-at-devon-guild-of-craftsmen/ Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:57:52 +0000 http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=390 Join us to celebrate 50 years of the shift dress. With Arts Council England funding, nine textile artists/designers, collectively known as Seam collective, are creatively exploring their craft to showcase contemporary textile design with nine shift dresses. Visitors can take part by sending in a photograph of their favourite shift dress and make their own […]

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