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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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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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