Tag: collection
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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 difficult to find ways to store and display the pieces. They need to be accessible for research, easily findable because they are useful for explaining…
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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, woollen blankets have been worn for more than a century and a half. The largest manufacturer, Aranda Textile Mills, was appointed by the royal family…
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Kiribati armour
The Republic of Kiribati is not on many travel itineraries but it has a fascinating culture, including the wearing of intricate and somewhat alarming armour! The body armour of Kiribati (pronounced “Kiribas”) is held in museum collections around the world. The outfits consist of a full-body suit of woven coconut fibre accompanied by a neck…
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Conversation and Cloth
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The Spotify playlist
Each week a curated playlist of audio is made on the streaming platform Spotify. The playlist can be heard on the player above or by searching Spotify online or in the app for “Music to read a blog by”. Each of the entries has something to do with the blog. Sometimes the reference is obvious;…
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Horst in the library
A new book has been added to the textile library: Horst, Photographer of Style. Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann was born on August 14, 1906 in Weißenfels-an-der-Saale in Germany. He studied design and carpentry, and architecture in Paris where he met he met George Hoyningen-Huene, the preeminent photographer at French Vogue. Huene became Horst’s mentor, inviting…
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A winter window
The studio window display has been changed for winter. This season woollen blankets feature with pride of place being given to a 1974 Commonwealth Games blanket in red, white and blue. Alongside that are three other blankets, all from the United States. They are from the middle of the last century and feature skiers and…
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Articles from elsewhere
Most weeks, the blog receives contributions from readers to share. A new section has been introduced as part of the revamp of the week’s newsletter: Reader contributions. This section will be short summaries of those links that readers have sent in so others can explore ideas and events from elsewhere. Anyone can send in suggestions…
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Can you help the blog change?
In this important year for the blog, its twentieth, it is time to rethink what it is and how it works. You, dear readers, might be able to help. The original idea for the blog was to write about music and textiles from the point of view of Shetland and the textile studio in Yell.…
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Still Life with Hat, Glasses and Scarf
Dick Frizzell’s Still Life with Hat, Glasses and Scarf has just been bought for the collection. This limited edition work, number 17 of 24, is a lithgraph. It was created in 1988 and the original, a gouache, is in the Arts House Trust collection. One of Aotearoa New Zealand’s best-known artists for his work referencing…