Tag: travel
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Shelburne Museum
Having grown up in New York with her parents, Henry and Louisine Havemeyer, and their collection of important Asian and European art, at the age of 19 Electra Havemeyer Webb decided to follow their example and begin her own collection of American art. Much of the Henry and Louisine Havemeyer collection is now in the…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week a playlist on the streaming app, Spotify, is curated to go alongside the blog articles. You can listen to the playlist on the player above. If you do not have a subscription you will only be able to hear a few seconds of each track. A free subscription will be interrupted with advertisements…
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Sutton Hoo meets Aotearoa New Zealand
The Sutton Hoo mound is a medieval burial site, the most impressive in Europe, and includes funerary riches held within a 27 metre-long ship. The history of the ship and its contents is fascinating and it continues to be a focus for understanding Anglo-Saxon life. One of the projects that has come from the discovery…
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A piupiu for Sydney
Piupiu are woven Māori garments that are worn either around the waist or over the shoulder. The Biennale of Sydney, an event that gathers together artists from across the world, commissioned the art piece from kairaranga (weavers) Hone Bailey, Paehoro Konui, Merānia Heke-Chase and Manu Fox who created it over three months, working on it…
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The artistry of Africa’s forest dwellers
The people who live in the equatorial forests of Central Africa have a unique sense of artistry in their textiles and music. These people, although once all defined as “Pygmy”, a pejorative term that is no longer used, have a strong connection to their forest home and make use of its resources to create, amongst…
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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 concert in Hokitika
Last night’s Summer Soirée in Hokitika was an excellent experience. Held in the Renton Hardware Building, an old brick-built building that narrowly escaped demolition and is now being restored thanks to its owners and volunteers, the huge space lends itself to performance. It currently houses some of the artefacts from The Luminaries, along with tapa,…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week a Spotify playlist is created to go with the blog articles and to respond to current events. For those with a paid subscription to Spotify you will hear the whole list without interruption, those with a free subscription will have adverts every so often, and everyone else will hear excerpts.
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Fish Quay – Shetland
The Scottish Isles are well-known for fishing, having survived on and built their industry on the richness of the North Sea grounds for millennia. In the past, herring were a mainstay of the industry with women following the fish as they moved up and down the coast of Britain. These days the fishing industry is…
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A Knitting Song
The company, Chappell & Co., began life in England in 1811, selling sheet music and musical instruments including pianos from its premises in London’s Bond Street. By the 1970s it had expanded its operations worldwide to include the North America and Australasia. Chappell and Co. began concentrating solely on its publishing business in 1980, selling…