Tag: playlist
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The blog this week
Hello dear readers, We have had a family bereavement and a funeral this week so I have decided not to write a blog. I am sorry because I love writing the entries and sending it out to you all but the blog will be back next week. This Spotify playlist is for peaceful contemporary music.…
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Wool Day 2024 – Hokitika
This weekend the Cool Little Town of Hokitika held its Wool Day. The event is held in the Heritage Park near the airport in town. Here there are collections of vintage and antique machinery ranging from steam engines to fire trucks. There is also a big collection of sewing machines and looms, a private collection…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week the blog is accompanied by a Spotify playlist, a curation of music and sound that reflects the articles in the newsletter. To preview the playlist, click on the play button on the player above. For those with a subscription you can click on the Spotify logo in the top right-hand corner of the…
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Threads of History – an article
A reader (thank you, Laura) has sent in this fascinating article that describes the work that went into the making of a varafeldur, a Viking cloak woven from the locks of sheep wool. As you might imagine, the weather in the North where the Vikings ranged required specialist garments. The varafeldur not only fulfilled the…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week a playlist of curated music and sound goes along with the blog. The playlist references articles in the blog and includes pieces from across the globe. Those who have a paid subscription to Spotify will hear all the playlist uninterrupted. Those with a free subscription will have advertising interspersed and everyone else will…
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Tapestry – but not as you know it
The Dovecot Studio in Edinburgh is currently showing a tapestry at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London’s South Kensington for International Women’s Day. The piece is designed by Christine Borland and was woven at the Dovecot from cotton, linen and nylon. It is based on the Edinburgh Seven, women who matriculated in 1869 as…
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, the most populous of the Pacific islands, the world’s third largest island country and the most linguistically diverse with 839 known languages, boasts rich cultures, some of which include the making of tapa (barkcloth). Tapa is made by pounding and crushing plant material, drying the resulting layer, and then using it for…
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How glass beads are changing Australian history
In 2013 a news report alerted archaeologists, researchers and scientists to an unusual find: glass beads of European origin excavated in the Arnhem Land region of Australia. These beads appear to predate European contact with Aboriginal peoples of the country and point to a trade that existed long before colonisation. These small items were, it…
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Collections/ Connections
The current exhibition at the Left Bank Art Gallery in Māwhera Greymouth has an interesting premise behind it: the connections between collectors and artists. In this show Friends of the Gallery were asked to choose a piece from their collection to share with someone else, who would respond to it with a piece of their…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week the blog has a curated playlist that goes alongside the articles. The playlist is made up of songs and sounds from Spotify and you can listen to it on the player above, on the app or by following this link and choosing the playlist you would like to hear. If you have a…