GlobalYell’s blog news
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Peg Moorhouse’s loom
Readers of the blog will know about Peg Moorhouse, the damask weaver from Aotearoa New Zealand. Peg’s loom is with her family at the moment and they are looking for…
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Brides by Yvonne Todd
Yvonne Todd, a New Zealander who works in photography, has just ended a show at the Dowse Art Gallery in Pōneke Wellington: Brides. In this exhibition the artist has created…
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The South Sea Islanders
In 1863 a group of 67 labourers arrived in Brisbane, the first of 62,000 people from 80 Melanesian islands who endured forced migration to provide cheap labour to Australia’s cotton…
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The Spotify playlist
Each week a playlist of audio is curated to go alongside the articles on the blog. There is always a link with the articles although sometimes it is less obvious…
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Rohit Bal
The Indian fashion designer, Rohit Bal, known for his innovative blending of the sub-continent’s cultural heritage with contemporary design, has died. Bal credited his early childhood experiences of his mother’s…
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A note about photos on the blog
Over the past few years I have been very conscious that photographs convey a lot more than words but that has presented a moral dilemma. These days when images are…
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The forest that penned a song
A legal bid has proposed that an Ecuadorean forest be recognised as the co-creator of a song, a moral ownership that could help save it. The petition, initiated by the…
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Living the ancient high life
A recent and surprising discovery has been uncovered in the high altitudes of Uzbekistan’s southeastern mountains. The region was long thought to have been uninhabited because of the problems with…
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Emily Van Hoff’s playful quilts
Graphic designer, Emily Van Hoff, has come up with a new line of quilting fabrics. The new fabrics have been created for Moda Fabrics and will be available next year.…
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So she was turned to a pillar of salt
Jo Rogge, an artist who lives between South Africa and Namibia, is non-binary and creates work that comments and highlights social issues that they have experienced. In this show, just…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each blog is accompanied by a playlist of audio pieces on Spotify, the streaming platform. The playlist brings together disparate music and, sometimes, other audio that has something to do…
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