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WEAVING - Small World, Wide Open
Hiroto builds the looms. Masako weaves the ribbons and teaches band weaving across Japan. Together they run Fagelbo Studio in Kamakura, a coastal town of temples and green hills. They have been working this way since 2011, at the scale of an insect at a flower.
WEAVING - Woven Into Meaning
Before the loom, there was a desk job and a craving for sun on her skin. Now every piece starts as a feeling and ends as thread. This is what happens when you finally listen to the itch. Meet the lovely Cansu of No 8 Atölye today….
WEAVING - The Long Soak
Karen Sato learned to weave in Sweden and now works from her apartment in Tokyo, where the loom sits in the room like another piece of furniture. Her cloth holds two places at once, Swedish tradition and a Japanese life. She weaves for keeping, not for display....
WEAVING - The Grid Has Soul
She works hard, then she stops, walks the dog, and comes back (and loves football!). Sully Sherrod has built her practice around exactly that rhythm, weaving bold geometric tapestries and then painting directly onto the surface itself...
WEAVING - The Space Between
Some people spend years building the wrong life before they find the right one. Ilary Bottini walked away from a decade in PR to devote herself to fiber art, and the work she has made since is bold, conceptual, and impossible to look away from…
WEAVING - String Theory, Solved
What happens when a designer stops designing and starts listening... to the materials, the rhythm, the quiet pull of thread over thread? For Christina Christensen, the answer turned out to be the most honest work of her life…
Weaving - Loom With A View
In a quiet university town just beyond central Tokyo, Asako Sano weaves Swedish tradition into contemporary life. At Found and Made, her sunlit studio invites students to slow down, explore texture, and rediscover the quiet rhythm of the loom.
WEAVING - Passion to Profession
A Conversation with Esther van Schuylenbergh
A new KOEL Interview with textile artist Esther van Schuylenbergh. She shares her journey from first loom to full-time weaving career. In this inspiring conversation, she talks about building fabrics like architecture, blending digital design with handwoven techniques, and the joy of turning creative passion into profession.
WEAVING - Beds & Tables
A Modern Nomad’s Weaving Journey
For over a decade, Irene and her family have lived a life of modern nomadism, weaving memories across continents. Their latest chapter finds them between Italy, where her sons are pursuing professional football, and Dubai, where KOEL’s next studio will soon come to life. In a recent visit to Dubai, Irene shares moments of quiet creativity…
WEAVING - Threads of Tranquility
Threads of Tranquility with Cassandra Sabo
With roots in engineering and a creative awakening on the looms of Central Saint Martins, Cassandra’s work bridges the tactile and the architectural … most notably through her sculptural wool roving lampshades.
WEAVING - Kitchen Couture
Overshot Weaving with Amy from Winslow & Co.
Nestled in upstate New York, fiber artist Amy Ashdown weaves more than just fabric. She intertwines tradition, creativity, and personal storytelling into every piece. Growing up in a home filled with artistry, she explored various crafts before rediscovering weaving five years ago. With a deep appreciation for Swedish, Scandinavian, and overshot weaving, she experiments with natural fibers, incorporating woven elements into sewing projects.