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beyond craft: the art fabric
“The Art Fabric is one of the robust, vital arts of our time.” So begins a book that was published in 1986 that traces the beginning of the rise of…
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Roz Mexted
In the 1980s, knitwear designer Roz Mexted produced high fashion knitting patterns that could be made at home. Designer Knits, Roz Mexted’s publication from 1989 has just been added to…
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Last week’s blog
Last week the blog passed a significant milestone. Regular readers may have noticed that the blog did not come out as usual on Sunday. Every week I write blog articles…
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Fiddler on the Roof
It has been many decades since “Fiddler on the Roof”, a musical and movie was made but it still has a message to tell. Fiddler on the Roof is the…
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Spotify this week
Listen to this week’s Spotify playlist in the player above or by heading over to Spotify in the app or online and searching for “Music to read a blog by”.…
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The magic of the underworld
The caves of Waitomo and Ruakuri are magical. Waitomo Glowworm Cave is perhaps one of the most well-known of Aotearoa New Zealand’s sights but its cousin, Ruakuri, is just as…
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Update on the studio
The studio has been busy this week. There been visitors from Norway, Finland, New Zealand, Scotland and England, and New Zealand and our volunteers have been in as well as…
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African print in the collection
This week African print fabrics have been the topic du jour in the studio. Mary, our curator and conservator, has been hard at work cataloguing and sorting out the fabrics,…
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Grilled cheese art
Who doesn’t like grilled cheese?! Thanks to a reader of the blog even those who are lactose-intolerant can partake!
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Napier – the Art Deco city
Please be aware that this story contains links to websites with images of earthquake damage and descriptions of the earthquake and its aftermath. It may be distressing for some. In…
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