5 Contemporary Textile Jewellery Creators to Inspire You

The textile artist Fibra Bohemia brings you Instagram accounts bursting with inspiration

Macramé has become a creative discipline in which creators reinterpret traditional techniques to develop projects with unique and contemporary points of view.

A prime example is Carla Marin, creator of Fibra Bohemia (@fibrabohemia), which revives the art of macramé knots with natural fibrers to create incredible accessories and textile jewellery with an artesanal style that is also undeniably modern.

So you can start to create your own pieces of textile jewellery, Carla shares a series of Instagram accounts full of inspiration.

Mercedes Salazar (@mercedessalazar)

Mercedes is a Colombian textile artist who specializes in handmade jewelry with diverse techniques. She says that her designs are intended to tell stories, and believes strongly in the idea that jewels connect people with the world around them.

Natalie Novak (@combedthunder)

Originally from the United States, Novak primarily focuses on weaving using distinct millennial techniques. She strives to explore symbolism and the natural world in her color pieces.

Sarah Neubert (@s.neubert)

This American creator uses the art of weaving to reflect on the complexity of life as perceived through the dark patterns of the natural world. Neubert works solely with natural fibers, as much in monumental installations and decorative pieces as in jewellery.

Emily Katz (@modernmacrame)

Katz is an artist dedicated entirely to contemporary macramé, both in decorative pieces and in jewelry. On her Instagram page she shows, not just her own work, but that of her workshop partners and students.

Carla Marin (@fibrabohemia)

On her Instagram, this Peruvian artist shares the diversity of her textile work in the form of jewelry pieces and accessories for the home, as well as those that revive the art of knots.

If you want to learn more from Carla Marin and Fibra Bohemia, sign up to their course Macramé Jewellery, and learn the basic knots to create accessories and unique textile pieces.

English version by @garethplatt49.

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