Tag: travel

  • CTANZ symposium

    The Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand is fast approaching. Here is the latest newsletter from the organisation about it. I am doing a talk about Shetland Tweed and there are plenty of other informative and useful talks and events to be inspired by. https://mailchi.mp/58d3e2113851/ctanz-social-fabric-symposium-2024-i-speaker-line-up?e=cdce4db450

  • An Egyptian addition

    The blog this week starts with a new addition to the collection. Thanks to a reader who thought of the collection when chatting to a friend about an inheritance, there are now two pieces from Egypt in store to research and share. In the 18th and 19th Centuries Egyptian Revival swept the world but it…

  • This week’s blog

    Without our readers the blog would not exist. This week all the entries are from links that people have sent in to share as well as to a new addition for the collection that came about because of a reader. It is a joy to get messages from across the globe and a delight to…

  • This week’s Spotify playlist

    Each week a playlist is curated to reflect the items on the blog. Some are obviously connected and some are more obscure. To listen, click on the playlist above or search for “Music to read a blog by” on Spotify. Paid Spotify subscribers will be able to hear all the tracks in their entirety, uninterrupted…

  • Karen Lamonte

    Karen LaMonte has been exploring beauty, identity, gender and the natural world since 1990 through glass, ceramic, paper, bronze, iron and marble, sculpture and printmaking. Now based in Prague, in 2007 the American artist travelled to Japan where she studied the design, symbolism, construction and significance of kimono, turning those studies into ceramic, cast glass,…

  • Weaving music

    The Royal Academy of Art Summer Show is currently on in London and among the pieces on display is one that combines music and weaving. Following the death of her mother, Kate Davis began to weave music scores because words could not express her emotions adequately. The slow process of weaving allowed a sense of…

  • Matariki 2024

    Matariki is here! The Māori celebration of a new year is called Matariki, after the cluster of stars that is also known as The Pleiades. It is a time to be joyful because of the turn of the seasons but it is also a time to reflect and remember those who are no longer with…

  • Venice Biennale – Pavilions and Palazzos

    This final instalment of the recent trip to Venice for a couple of days of the art biennale focuses on the wider events in the city. Throughout Venice there are exhibitions, shows and performances as part of the Biennale. They are tucked into hidden corners, upstairs and down, inside purpose-built structures and centuries-old edifices. It…

  • Venice and the Biennale – part two

    The Venice Biennale’s traditional site is the Giardini, public gardens created by Napoleon at the start of the 19th Century. The first years of the exhibition saw more than 200,000 people attend the venues and over the decades since buildings have been erected to house country pavilions, showcasing artists and ideas from around the globe,…

  • This week’s Spotify playlist

    Each week a curated playlist from Spotify is made for the blog. The playlist references articles in some way and this week it features music from and about Venice, as well as pieces that have a link with the artists who are represented at the Biennale.