GlobalYell’s blog news
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Lucca Biennale Cartasia
The town of Lucca in Italy is home to a unique art biennale that focuses on paper. In the 14th Century Lucca started to produce parchment paper and in the…
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New books
As well as the newest Context, number 47, the Costume and Textile Aotearoa New Zealand publication, a book about Scandinavian knitwear and and Kishies and Cuddies, the basketry of Shetland…
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Moving the collection
The textile collection is now in its new home. Originally, the collection, which is made up of costumes, fashion and textiles from around the world, was stored upstairs from the…
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Into the Pinke
Howareyoufeeling.studio co-created a beautiful and thought-provoking performance with 50 Ladakhi students for sā Ladakh in 2024. Sā Ladakh is a biennial land art showing and festival that focuses on ecology…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Most weeks the blog is accompanied by a curated playlist of audio that relates in some way to the articles. Sometimes the connection between audio and article is very obvious.…
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Creative journeys
I am looking at the possibility of running small-group tours in Te Waipounamu/ The South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. While in Shetland I created textile tours during which I…
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Jamdani: the Art of Weaving
Jamdani is a type of muslin that comes from Bangladesh where it is painstakingly hand-woven. These intricate patterned fabrics are made with a supplementary weft (an additional thread that is…
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Textiles: The Art of Mankind
The Fashion and Textiles Museum in London’s Bermondsey is currently playing host to what looks like a rather wonderful showcase. Textiles are carriers and conveyors of histories, meaning and identity.…
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Experiments in making yarn
It is surprisingly difficult to find a “tweedy” yarn in New Zealand Aotearoa. A few decades ago the country boasted a fine array of woollen yarns with a myriad of…
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Uncovering old treasures
In the new studio in Māwhera (Greymouth) there is enough storage space for the textile collection. Over the many years that the collection has been growing it has been increasingly…
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