NORTON FOLGATE, 2024

A series of bespoke handwoven curtains and artworks commissioned by Universal Design Studio for British Land’s Norton Folgate development in Spitalfields London.

“For 15 Norton Folgate, we found that the plot was originally home to a community of creatives and the site of the historic Huguenot Silk Weavers,” Sweeney details. “South-East London weaver Lara Pain worked alongside us to create bespoke curtains that celebrate this particular technique, incorporating small details like snipped threads that tie back to the historic stories recorded between the weavers.” Having previously studied the Huguenot Silk Weavers herself, Pain’s various tests and prototypes have also been framed and hung throughout 15 Norton Folgate, highlighting both the creative process and historical research that went into the final pieces.” Mix Interiors.

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