Top tastemakers tell us what they want from Santa this holiday season. Find out what they love on and off Zatista.
John RobshawOwner and Textile Designer, John Robshaw Textiles
After he earned a fine arts degree at Pratt and studied traditional block printing in China, John “I-Caught-the-Asia-Bug” Robshaw journeyed to India to find natural indigo dye for his paintings. Instead, he fell in love with the local artisans fabric-making traditions. The hands-on immediacy and vitality of textiles dyed, printed, woven, stitched, and worn piqued what was to become a lifelong fascination.
John has traveled the world to work alongside artisans and study their traditional printing methods. In India, his signature dynamic look was crafted. “I want all the colors, processes and designs from each culture to blend… In piggybacking these designs and techniques with each other or with my own ideas, what emerges is new and fresh, and yet retains that sense of tradition, of the handmade.
John’s Holiday Wishlist
Indigo Turban Quilt & Shams
Queen $400
Z: What’s on the top of your holiday wish list this year?
JR: The Indigo Turban Quilt and Shams from our new Fall ’10 Collection!
“Sadhu with Red Turban”
by Huy Lam
Photograph, 12″ x 8″, $250
Z: If you could have any piece of art on Zatista.com, regardless of price or size, what would it be and why?
JR: “Sadhu with Red Turban” by Huy Lam. It reminds me of my many travels to India and all of the people and places that inspire my work.
Z: What’s your favorite holiday indulgence or “guilty pleasure”?
JR: Travel!
Z: Are you going anywhere special this holiday season? If so, where?
JR: I’m treating myself to a Nile cruise in Egypt and then I’m going diving in the Philippines.