tie makers

Tie Making

The photography in this book was taken at Vanners the silk weavers in

Sudbury, England and Barbara-Ann the tie makers in Basildon, England.

Vanners is one of the oldest companies still designing and weaving silk

fabrics in England, Vanners has a pedigree which stretches back to the

early 1700’s. Vanners moved to Sudbury, Suffolk in the 1860s and has

occupied its large town-centre site since 1900. As well as state-of-the-art

jacquard and dobby weaving, Vanners has its own yarn dyeing and fabric

finishing facilities under one roof.

Barbara Anne Ties is a British company with a long history of making

beautiful silk ties, bow ties and cravats for some of the worlds leading

fashion designers.

Dyeing Silk Yarn 6

Warping 10

Weaving 12

Harlequin blanket 15

Making the tie 16

Cutting fabric 18

Tipping and joining 20

Pressing - Labeling 22

Tucking - Slip knot - Self keeper loop 24

Finished Tie 26

2Silk weaving

1

2

3

4

5

Dyeing Silk Yarn

6

7

8

9

Warping

10

11

Weaving

12

13

14

Harlequin blanket

15

Making the tie

16

17

Cutting fabric

18

19

Tipping and Joining

20

21

Pressing - Labeling

22

23

Tucking - Slip knot - Self keeper loop

24

25

Finished tie

26

© 2010 Ed Telling Photography

Ed Telling is a freelance photographer living and operating from Crystal

Palace, London. He is just as comfortable in the studio as out in the field.

Well travelled and enthusiastic about the subjects, his realization of the

infinite scope and creativeness photography has to offer is his strength in

the subjects he photos.

Ed trained in graphic communication and leans towards images that

are often graphic, vivid and rich in detail. He has an interests in travel

photography, architecture, entertainment, industrial design and

people at work.