18 THE JEAN GENIE

Ian Berry’s photorealist artworks are often mistaken for paintings or photographs but are in fact fashioned from denim jeans

24 I MAKE THEREFORE I AM

Step inside the imagination of the French designer and illustrator Nathalie Lété

28 HANGING BY A THREAD

Anna Ray speaks up about breaking the rules in her own quiet way whether working in tapestry, textiles or embroidery

34 THE SEWING ROOM

Our new series peeks inside the artist’s studio, commencing with Ali Ferguson’s Purple Shed

36 BOLD MEASURES

Ann Goddard was given the first Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award – we find out what makes this award-winner tick

42 UNBOUND BY CONVENTION

A new exhibition at Two Temple Place explores the hitherto overlooked world of the female textile collector

46 TAKING FLIGHT

Nicola Henley’s textile hangings capture the raw wildness of the nature surrounding her home in the west of Ireland