GlobalYell’s blog news
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Wool, whaling and the Red Bay burial
In the North-east corner of Canada lies the settlement of Red Bay the hiding place of a marvellous secret for four hundred years. In the sixteenth century, Basque whalers established…
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Spotify playlist of the week
To accompany the blog, most weeks a curated playlist is made that reflects the articles. Sometimes the link is obvious, sometimes less so. Part of the fun is guessing what…
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Calling singers
I am looking for singers who would like to perform a piece that has been written for the Left Bank Gallery Choir. A poem by Witi Ihimaera was the starting…
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Weave and music
The links between weaving and music are strong. In this fascinating article Eleanora Giglione explores some of the ideas that bring weaving, looms and music together.
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Scott Norris
A visitor to the studio in Māwhera/ Greymouth this week spoke about a friend, Scott Norris, who weaves words and images in labours of love. Scott Norris lives in Massachusetts…
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Winter workshop series
The West Coast Cloth Company’s series of workshops for winter is now open for bookings. If you love playing with fibre or colour or both check out the new series…
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Conserving Degas
When it comes to textiles, conservation of art works requires care and meticulous attention to detail, not to mention hours of research. This video from 2018 by the Metropolitan Museum…
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Boy Knits World
Jake Henzler is an Australian knitter, creator of whimsical figures and colourful architecture. Inspired by the tall houses of Copenhagen and Amsterdam while on an extended stay overseas, he also…
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Vadim Mikhailov
A recent news article in the New York Times drew attention to Vadim Mikhailov, a protest artist who works with textiles. Repurposing cloth, carpets, costume and the like has long…
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The Whitby Coast Bonnets
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, the famous English photographer, captured images of women wearing bonnets in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Thanks to these photographs we are able to see…
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