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Global fashion done local
Lagos, the most populous of Africa’s cities, has a name for fashion. Global trends combined with local aesthetics and sensibilities are producing some of the most exciting fashion in the…
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Still Life with Hat, Glasses and Scarf
Dick Frizzell’s Still Life with Hat, Glasses and Scarf has just been bought for the collection. This limited edition work, number 17 of 24, is a lithgraph. It was created…
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This week on Spotify
Most weeks that the blog is published a curated playlist on the streaming platform, Spotify, is created and shared. The items on the playlist reflect the blog entries somehow. Half…
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The suitcase exhibitions
Quilting is a craft but it is also an art. In 1988, the Australian Quilters’ Guild created a travelling exhibition of small quilts. These were designed to fit into suitcases…
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Weaving flax
Phormium tenax, New Zealand flax, has long been a staple material for weavers but it was not always just used by hand-weavers. In the latter part of the 19th Century…
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The Herds
Have you been following The Herds? This huge public art project brilliantly brings the plight and flight of animals at a time of climate change, habitat destruction and enforced movement…
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The impact of tourism
Tourism can be good but there are downsides to it. In the Maldives, tourism is having an impact on the lives of the islands’ inhabitants. In “Local Living”, a project…
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New books for the library
There are three new books in the library: Design from Peasant Art, Make Your Own Rugs and Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection. Kathleen Mann’s book about design from…
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CTANZ symposium – Fascination
The recent Costume and Textiles Aotearoa New Zealand symposium was held in Dunedin Ōtepoti and it was based on the theme of “Fascination”. Dunedin has a proud history and heritage…
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Welcome back to the blog
Hello dear readers, I hope you have all had a good few weeks while the blog has been inactive. It seemed strange not to be writing the weekly words to…
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