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Wool in Aotearoa New Zealand
Wool is making a comeback in Aotearoa New Zealand but there are still hurdles to overcome. This article from New Zealand Geographic, along with a companion piece in the same…
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Samoa meets Scotland in Los Angeles
Last year the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) acquired five pieces of historic importance from the Pacific. One of those brings together two nations: Samoa and Scotland. The…
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The world of beads
More than few years ago I was lucky enough to be invited to go on a trip to Tasiilaq, Greenland by an artist friend and colleagues from Iceland, the Faroe…
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Carpeting nature
Debbie Lawson is a Scottish-born artist who plays with the idea of domesticity through her three-dimensional sculptures. In the latest series of pieces the artist uses Persian carpets as coverings,…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
The Spotify playlist this week begins with a choral piece, There will come soft rains, by Ēriks Ešenvalds, a Latvian composer. The short work seems an apt place to begin…
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Left Bank Gallery Choir
This week the Left Bank Gallery choir met, as usual, on Thursday evening at 6:30pm. The choir was originally set-up for six sessions and those six have now been. This…
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This week’s activities
This week is going to be busy in Greymouth Māwhera! On Monday there is a workshop with Aquabella, the Berlin ensemble of women who perform world music acapella. This is…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week a curated playlist is created to go along with the blog. Featuring audio that is either mentioned in the articles on the blog or that relates to current…
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The Korean Hanbok
Hanbok – the name means “Korean clothing” – is an ancient form of dress that is still relevant today. Designated National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2022 by the Cultural Heritage…
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Crochet a Triops…
Triops are small crustaceans that are sometimes sold as pets (somewhat like Sea Monkeys) and descend unchanged from a line hundreds of millions of years old. Now the crocheters amongst…
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