Mallorca with my favorite craft uncles from Kutch đź’™
These folks have done so much to put their craft traditions on the global map— living culture bearers and the warmest humans. We’re all here for @_xtant_ , a global gathering celebrating heritage textiles and centering the makers themselves.
I still remember attending for the first time two years ago, when @vankar_vishram_valji stopped me to say the outfit I was wearing had been spun and woven by him. Later that day @abdullahkhatri.sidrcraft gave me my first masterclass in bandhani dyeing.
That’s the kind of fashion world I believe in.
Big love to @lov.foundation for bringing me back this year, and to @mateatme for capturing these moments through Palma’s windy streets 🌀
lov. x XTANT present — lov.YATRA, an Act of Remembering in Mallorca.
At lov., we believe we don’t invent anything new — we return our attention to something essential we’ve always known, but somehow forgot.
This is not a metaphor, but an invitation to remember yourself by reconnecting with the ancient wisdom of crafts, textiles, and nature that flows in your blood, passed down through your ancestors.
We begin the journey the only way we know how: with ritual, with an open heart.
Is your heart open?
Thank you MAUA Chocolatier (@maua_chocolates ) for creating our first initiation ritual for 2026 lov.YATRA.
Video: Anna Sydorchik (@meseptember )
A few impressions of my first days @_xtant_
As a fiber artist it rarely happens that the stage is built just for those creating art using traditional crafts. For the longest time textiles have been seen merely as the little stepsister of fine arts, but slowly the world is waking up to the fact that art cannot be put into a straight jacket, and these age old distinctions are redundant.
Thank you @kavitaparmar for bringing together such an thoughtfully crafted event highlighting the art within craft, for pushing forward this important dialogue, and for creating community between those who are creating in solitude in their studios all over the world.
It’s a little utopian world that I see growing vastly 🤌🏽
#XTANT #palma #textileart #fiberartist
Installation of 'Vriendje XXIX & XXX' @_xtant_ shown from 'the other side'
Photo credits: @xavierdeshoulieres đź’ś
To be seen until 12th of May at XTANT @palaucanvivot
Nomad Global Textile & Craft Marketplace by @_xtant_
Navajo Churro locks handfelted into @shanikowoolcompany Merino. Ancient fibers transforming with us into the future.
Craft js hands, head & heart.
Craft is community.
Craft is the cure for capitalism.
Craft is storytelling.
Craft is connection.
Craft is peace.
Craft is love.
Deeply honored to share space with over 90 makers from 39 continents in Palma de Mallorca from May 9-12th. Each artisan, designer, catalyst and connector is a celebration of their unique culture & place in the world.
90 artists. 35 countries. Four days under the arches of Can Vivot.
@_xtant_ opens May 9th in Palma with NOMAD, a theme that looks to the knowledge of the world's remaining nomadic communities and the textile traditions they keep alive.
Full story at the link in bio.
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90 artistas. 35 paĂses. Cuatro dĂas bajo los arcos de Can Vivot.
@_xtant_ abre el 9 de mayo en Palma con NOMAD, un tema que mira hacia el conocimiento de las comunidades nĂłmadas que aĂşn quedan en el mundo y las tradiciones textiles que mantienen vivas.
ArtĂculo completo en el enlace de la bio.
#Xtant2026 #PalmaDeMallorca #SlowFashion #TextileArt #ViewMallorcaMagazine
I’m deeply proud to share where this textile journey has led me.
These pieces are, for me, far more than garments — far more than textiles.
They carry a sense of protection, care, and custodianship.
Of a land, of a fragile relationship, of something to be held and sustained.

GUARDIANI
Presented at XTANT, Nomad
May 8–12
Palma de Mallorca
Can Vivot

Textiles manufactured with @tessituralacolombina 

Thank you, Dario, for capturing my journey from the very beginning @dario.cervellin 📸
and heartfelt thank you to @_xtant_ for holding this incredible gathering
