Woman Around Town
September 9, 2011

W. John Jameson III was first attracted to textiles at summer camp in his pre-teens when macramé was big. Remember macramé? Commissions for plant holders earned extra candy and ice cream. Jameson had been drawn to the arts from early childhood. Choate Rosemary Hall (boarding school) in Wallingford, Connecticut, believed in complete exposure. In a Paul Mellon funded I.M. Pei building, he studied drawing, painting, sculpture, and ceramics. When his weaving teacher, Jane Gustin, showed him “the beauty in textiles,” the boy felt an immediate affinity. He liked the idea of wearable art.
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Manhattan, New York - examiner.com
December 7, 2009

While doing some holiday shopping at a trunk show on the Upper East Side, I discovered an artist who designs and creates the most intricate, beautiful scarves I have ever seen. John Jameson is the talent behind Twisted Textiles. Jameson blends colors and materials together to produce one-of-a-kind pieces of art that will keep you warm and snuggly all winter long without sacrificing beauty or style.

Spending hours at the loom, Jameson weaves together the best cashmere, wool, and hand dyed silks. The result would please anyone who admires Chanel tweed-y textures or Rodarte’s deconstructed, collaged fabrics. Using all the colors in the rainbow, Jameson’s talent is in pairing strips of bright color woven through solids, often offering just a hint of brightness, or a sliver of shimmer. Some pieces even have silk strips knotted to the ends to create the fringe. The piece that I purchased is a black cashmere base with pinks, purples, yellows and a soft blue shimmer that blend to create the most intricate collage of textures.
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