Beetled Linen: old art, new luxury
Upperlands, UK: The noise is deafening and the project may be lonely, but in William Smyth, who works in the latest commercial flax of the world “Beetling” Mill, his work is unique. “There is nothing modern about it, I do the same now that they did 100 years and 100 years ago,” Smyth, 59, told Northern Ireland in a village about 70 kilometers west of Belfast – the latest commercial business beetle. “No one has come up with anything to make it easier, there is no other way to get to this cloth,” he told AFP of the traditional method
