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Peg Moorhouse’s loom
Readers of the blog will know about Peg Moorhouse, the damask weaver from Aotearoa New Zealand. Peg’s loom is with her family at the moment and they are looking for…
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A visit to the white herons
South of Māwhera Greymouth is the settlement of Ōkārito. A couple of weekends ago I spent three days in the area, camping out in a thunderstorm and enjoying the beautiful…
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The Loving Stitch
A new book has been donated to the studio library: The Loving Stitch. A history of knitting and spinning in New Zealand, the book was published in 1998 by Auckland…
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Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London
A new exhibition is about to open in London’s Fashion and Textiles Museum, celebrating the fashion of the 1980s alternative scene. In 1985, Leigh Bowery, designer and performance artist, opened…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week the blog is accompanied by a curation of songs and audio. Each of the pieces in the Spotify playlist has been chosen to reflect the articles on the…
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Sound engineering – bower bird style
The great bower bird is known for its mating rituals that take place in tall arched structures made with gatherings from their native bush in New Guinea and Australia. The…
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The Australian autograph textile with a South African link
In 1894, as was a custom in those days, a quilt was created to raise funds for a new Anglican church in Sunbury, Australia. People were able to subscribe to…
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Kate Beck’s Impossible Evolutions
The natural world is almost impossible to imagine in its complexity and intertwined relationships and yet much of that world is under threat. Using Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) Kate Beck…
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Spotify this week
Each week a playlist is curated to reflect the blog articles. The whole playlist is available on the Spotify platform and can be heard by clicking on the player above…
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Slow Violence: Anna Madeleine Raupach
The Australian artist, Anna Madeleine Raupach, uses textiles and textile techniques to explore social, political and cultural aspects of today through science and technology. In the series, Slow Violence, the…
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