Tag: craft
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How AI is helping the Indian carpet industry
These days the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), machines that can compile and analyse enormous amounts of data to create just about anything, is concerning for some and a boon to others. AI has been the predicted next stage in the evolution of computers and technology and nowadays it is seemingly everywhere. The technology can…
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A skull of lace
The Swedish textile artist, Esther Magnusson, has created a life-size skull out of lace. The skull was created from old bobbin lace made from cotton or linen and was stitched and glued together with cotton thread and wood glue. Wood glue was also used to starch the piece. The artist added teeth, crocheting them as…
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Travels in the South
Over the festive season we travelled through the central part of Te Waipounamu/ the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. The journey of more than 1,500 kms, once all the side trips were taken into account, took ten days and covered some of the most spectacular scenery and sights of the island. One of the…
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Ohinetahi – gardens of enchantment
A recent trip to Christchurch/ Otautahi offered a surprising and lovely treat. Lyttelton is a port town across the hills from Otautahi Christchurch. It is at the entrance to Banks Peninsula – a definite must if you are visiting Aotearoa New Zealand – and there are many treats in store for those who venture there.…
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Suffrage in Stitches
Ashburton Art Gallery is currently hosting a Rather Wonderful exhibition about the emancipation of women in New Zealand. This show is made up of textile panels, each one dedicated to a particular woman who signed a 274 metre long petition to parliament, presented in 1893, demanding women’s suffrage in the country. The final works together…
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Christmas 2023
It is time for the blog to take its annual rest for the Christmas celebrations, and this will be the last one for a few weeks. Thank you all for taking time to read, write and comment over the last year. Your support has been tremendous and I have loved discovering a different rhythm to…
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Workshops for summer 2024
Over the next few months – after the Christmas and New Year break – the Southern Hemisphere summer really gets into its swing with workshops. Over the next few months there are lots of events and activities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Here are a few that are happening up and down the West Coast. Down…
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Left Bank Art Gallery show
The Left Bank is the regional art gallery for the West Coast, housed in what was previously…wait for it… a bank! The gallery shows exhibitions every month and has two spaces, one larger than the other. This month the large space is hosting the Member’s Show, an event dedicated to the artworks of the members…
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Eerie Pageantry
The City Gallery, Wellington/ Te Whare Toi is currently hosting an exhibition of “folk-horror-infused art” by Don Driver and Julia Robinson. Sculptures and assemblages present a view of the Gothic from the Antipodes; Julia Robinson hails from Australia and comes from English ancestry and Don Driver is from Aotearoa New Zealand. Julia uses textile techniques…
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An interview with Caroline McQuarrie
This week saw the first interview of the Conversation and Cloth series of textile events. Caroline McQuarrie joined Andy Ross on the couch for a chat about textiles, art practices, weaving and memory. You can watch the video of the interview below. Links to works and websites mentioned in the interview: https://www.hastingscityartgallery.co.nz/home/article/433/caroline-mcquarrie-and-shaun-matthews-prospects-fearful?t=featured&s=1 https://teara.govt.nz/en/search/teara?keys=pakeha https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?idiom=&phrase=&proverb=&loan=&histLoanWords=&keywords=pakeha https://www.annagratton.co.nz…