GlobalYell’s blog news
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Textile Talk
Every Wednesday a presentation or panel discussion is held by SAQA, Studio Art Quilt Associates in the USA. If you have an hour to spare and want to get a…
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The Spotify playlist
Most weeks the blog features a playlist of audio curated on Spotify, the streaming platform. The playlist tracks are linked in some way to the blog entries and paying subscribers…
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Glass… as a textile?
Glass, that most contradictory of materials, has been used as a textile. Mid-century design in Europe and America took advantage of glass fibre and its unique qualities. The fabrics made…
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A surprise from the collection
This week conserving and cataloguing the textile collection started in the studio. Over the past few months a friend has been working to research the collection items and that has…
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What’s on Spotify this week
Almost every week the blog is accompanied by a soundtrack. This audio is curated on the streaming platform, Spotify, and each of the entries relates to the articles on the…
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Origami Ballet
Origami Ballet is just that: a dance piece inspired by the art of folding paper. The project, created by Agnes Obel who wrote the music, and choreographed by Makiko Aoyama,…
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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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