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The new website
As regular readers of the blog will know, there is to be a new website for The Textile Trust, Aotearoa. The Textile Trust has been established to promote, further and…
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A visit to Ōtautahi/ Christchurch
It has been an exciting week in the studio, which began with a visit over the mountains to our nearest city: Christchurch Ōtautahi. The visit should have happened last week…
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Spotify
A playlist to accompany the blog is created most weeks. Each of the pieces in the list relates to the blog in some way and you can listen to the…
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Tamara Kosianovsky
Tamara Kostianovsky uses textiles to create sculpture and installations that comment on consumerism, violence and the environment. The Argentinian American artist repurposes discarded clothing into works that depict animals, birds,…
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A space saree
A saree (sari) that has an illustrious history has been added to the collection of the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian. The saree was worn by in…
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Colour workshop
Today, Saturday, is the second workshop of the winter series. This class is about colour and I have made booklets with exercises to complete for the five participants. They include…
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Spotify
Most weeks a playlist is compiled that reflects the blog entries. Sometimes the link between blog and audio is obvious, sometimes it is not. To listen click on the player…
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Frances van Hasselt and mohair
Frances van Hasselt is a South African producer of mohair products. Mohair has its origins in Central Asia where the goats produced fibres that were used domestically. The goats were…
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Colour workshop
This coming Saturday there will be a workshop about colour at the studio in Greymouth. Colour can be daunting to some. It need not be! This small-group workshop will help…
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A visit North – part three
This is the last blog post about the recent trip we took to Whangarei for the CTANZ symposium, after which we toured the central North Island. This part starts at…
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