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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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A short blog this week
Thank you to everyone who sent emails and comments about the blog last week. This weekend I am away to Rotoiti to give a talk at the Creative Fibres retreat.…
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Embroidery and oils
Daniela García Hamilton, a first-generation American of Mexican descent, uses threads and oil paints to explain her family relationships. In the artist’s hands, photographic portraits and everyday scenes act as…
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Blankets
What better to have around in the cold winter weather than a blanket or two… In the Southern African country of Lesotho, high up in the mountains of the Drakensberg,…
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Conversation and Cloth
On Friday this week there was the latest in the series of Conversation and Cloth, the talks about textiles in the collection. Taking place in the Regent Theatre, the talk…
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The West Coast Cloth Company
The street frontage of the textile studio in the heart of Māwhera/ Greymouth is complete. Over the past few months two local artists have been working with me to create…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
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All about the blog
This is a week of change, for the blog and for the studio, and I am looking for your help. For the past twenty years I have written blog entries…
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A Guatemalan Huipil
Huipiles are part of the clothing worn by Mayan women in Guatemala. The intricacy of the decoration and the often-vibrant colours of huipiles have long made the garments admired and…
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The Spotify playlist
Generally speaking, a curated playlist goes along with each of the weekly blogs. The pieces in the playlist reflect the articles on the blog, sometimes obliquely and sometimes obviously. To…
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