Hey hippies!
Y’all still digging on the macrame and woven textile art for your walls!? We are too. Let’s do a little deep dive into why we at TEOT are into it and how we keep the look fresh in a more and more saturated world. Yes, I’m speaking to those of you that tire of trends and the cycle of fast fashion.
Perhaps macrame is new to you, or maybe, like me, you’re a long time vintage lover who has been square knotting things since your mama gave you your first tutorial to busy you as a kid. If so, you might wanna get up on our DIY macrame kits, cause you’ll love the satisfaction of finishing one of these easy pieces on your own! It’s SO gratifying!
It can be a tedious craft though, and that is why we are here to celebrate some of our most favorite artists and makers of the day, from classic, arts-and-crafts, 70s style macrame, to the wild and modern woven wall art ideas of the current boho trend.
As with most of the, for lack of a better word, TRENDS, that Sarah and I become obsessed with, we find it our duty to dig into the past and come to some sort of an academic appreciation for it. Which artists and designers had their hand in the movement that get us to where we are now. We all know from Meryl Streep’s fantastic performance in the Devil Wears Prada, most all trends have a story that reaches a bit deeper than you realize when you first start to ask yourself why you are seeing a particular shade of cobalt blue on all the racks at Target.
In the Fall of 2013, I was stretching a bit to find some really cool online examples of the new arts & crafts movement being worked into modern design, but boy is it ubiquitous now! http://www.lamag.com/theclutch/bent-on-macrame/
Makers to keep an eye on:
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If you are considering the DIY route, I will say that it’s tedious work and if you don’t like spending a long hour making repetitive hand motions then DIY might not be your jam. Doing your due diligence and finding a maker that you’d like to support, or deciding on the many machine made options that have flooded the market over the past few years is fine too. I’ll share my DIY efforts so that you can see that while I love a good scarf, I’m not about to knit.
My first project was a simple wall hanging made of hemp and I roped this together over the course of about an hour while my arts and crafts partner (Heffe’s daugher) worked on a minecraft flag. It’s crazy how little she was just a few years ago. DIY Macrame Wall Hanging
The next project I actually roped her in (har har) to doing many of the knots herself. DIY Macrame Rocking Chair Back.
One other project that we started, but then canned because as RADICAL as I think it may have been as a completed project, I’m not sure we could commit to that much bohomax in our face every day. DIY Macrame Stair Rail.
Currently, we have our sites set on the Dharma Door version. We’ve had our eye on this particular piece since back when the shop’s first orders were first placed. We are on a WAITING LIST to get our hands on it in April. Fingers crossed. Hahaa. But it’s that good, have a look at it here in our friend Paige Morse’s pad.
