FEATURE INTERVIEWS
THE DESIGNORY - 2018
MEET THE MAKER: THE SISTERS BEHIND CROSSING THREADS - PART 1
“Sometimes in the design industry, you meet people who are so creative, so talented and so innovative that you get excited just thinking about working with them… we’ve just experienced all this and more teaming up with Lauren and Kass, the sister duo behind Crossing Threads. We came to them gushing about a beautiful piece we spied on their Instagram feed a few months earlier and wanted them to create something similar albeit larger for our development project in Byron Bay. They set to work, weaving up our incredible custom piece (tune into our Instagram for a sneak peek)…we are so excited to introduce you to the Crossing Threads team...”
THE DESIGNORY - 2019
MEET THE MAKER: THE SISTERS BEHIND CROSSING THREADS - PART 2
“We’re so excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with Lauren and Kass, the sister duo behind Crossing Threads again to make a beautiful new piece for our Barefoot Bay Villa. We wanted for them to create a piece that was bespoke and unique. If you’ve seen the previous custom piece they created for our Barefoot Bay Cottage, you’ll know how talented this duo truly is when it comes to weaving. Read on below as we ask them all about the custom new piece for Barefoot Bay Villa….”
MY MODERN MET INTERVIEW
“Australian sister duo Lauren and Kass Hernandez create large-scale, handwoven fiber art inspired by Mother Nature and their surrounding landscape. Together known as Crossing Threads, their highly textural wall hangings are a visualization of their “dual personalities and contrasting abilities.” Each piece is crafted by intertwining sustainable and up-cycled materials, aiming to represent “the innate connection that we are all threads which make up the tapestry of life…”
MODERN MACRAME INTERVIEW
“We are learning to be more cognizant of the purpose behind our partnership, how we spend our time together and also juggling the balancing act of sustaining a business and also our fundamental relationship of being sisters. We are grateful to have both found something we are each passionate about, and will always cherish the sacredness of sharing what we create with not only a friend but your own sibling….”
THE CRAFTERS BOX -
‘CREATIVE DISTRACTIONS’ Q& A CORNER
Lauren and Kass Hernandez, the sister-duo behind Crossing Threads®, based in Sydney, Australia. Inspired by the beauty found in Mother Nature, together we create handwoven fibre art that is distinctively highly textural, organic and intricate. Both leading full-time careers in advertising and financial services, Crossing Threads® was originally born ‘a passion project’ in April 2015 but evolved into a hungry and successful brand that celebrates the revival of the hand-made through a 'Gen-Y' lens.
Published June 2019, The Crafter’s Box
WE ARE SCOUT INTERVIEW
“It all started with a birthday gift of a weaving workshop in 2015. Now sisters Lauren and Kass Hernandez of Crossing Threads have become prolific fiber artists. Both on completely different full time career paths, the ‘weaver-fever’ they have both experienced has joined them in a new collaborative and fulfilling path…..”
INTERIORS ADDICT INTERVIEW
“Looking at their impressive work, it’s hard to believe Sydney sisters Lauren and Kassandra Hernandez, otherwise known as Crossing Threads, only started weaving last year! Inspired by nature, their highly textured wall hangings are created using a variety of upcycled fabrics and yarns including linen, calico, Pima cotton, alpaca wool, cotton roping, sisal roping, bamboo, merino roving and silk…."
THE LIFE STYLE EDIT INTERVIEW
“This week Em sat down with Lauren Hernandez, (below right) one half of creative duo Crossing Threads. Having only caught the Weaver Fever last year, Crossing Threads was and is built upon a mutual love of nature, weaving and fibre art. With commissioned wall hangings and weavings for home and commercial environments, their phenomenal business growth is testament to the power of passion, envisioning a dream and working the Instagram market…”