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  • Jeremy Frey

    “Jeremy Frey (b. 1978, Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation, Maine) is one of the foremost Passamaquoddy craftspeople of his generation. “

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  • From a Garden in the Antipodes

    Evelyn Hayes, the pseudonym of Mary Ursula Bethell, published a book of poems about her love of plants and gardens in 1929. These poems cemented the reputation of this New…

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  • Reminiscence and memory

    This week I am in Pōneke Wellington where Festival for the Future, an event to bring young people together, is taking place. While the group I am with is at…

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  • The Spotify playlist this week

    Each week a curated list of music and sounds is created to go along with the blog. Each of the pieces reflects something on the blog, sometimes obviously and sometimes…

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  • CTANZ symposium

    The Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand is fast approaching. Here is the latest newsletter from the organisation about it. I am doing a talk about Shetland Tweed and…

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  • Nastassja Swift

    Virginia-based African-American artist, Nastassja Swift, uses fibres to create sculptures and performances that tell stories about “geographical histories, ancestry, ritual practices and community”. In her work, Nastassja Swift uses details…

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  • Margery Blackman

    Ōtepoti Dunedin Art Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of tapestries by Margery Blackman. Margery Blackman, Hon Curator and Dave Rapp, Exhibition Designer with Kahu huruhuru with tāniko border, from…

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  • Kimathi Mafafo

    Kimathi Mafafo is an artist from the Northern Cape of South Africa. With National Diplomas in Fine Arts and in Film and Video, the artist uses her work to empower…

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  • Edonomy

    During the Edo period in Japan (1603 to 1868) what is probably the world’s first ecological civilisation flourished. Although feudal and run by a military dictatorship, Japan at this time…

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  • An Egyptian addition

    The blog this week starts with a new addition to the collection. Thanks to a reader who thought of the collection when chatting to a friend about an inheritance, there…

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