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FeaturedArticle embroidery issue eleven needlework Practice Based textiles

Emily Grimble, C19 Text Talk (2020)

‘C19 Text Talk’ is a hand-embroidered diary, comprised of 50 text works, made over a period of 100 days since the enforcement of the UK lockdown on the 23rd March 2020.

… Emily Grimble, C19 Text Talk (2020)
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Crafting Resistance and Resilience

Rubina Singh explores the links between crafting, family history, place and rebellion…

… Crafting Resistance and Resilience
FeaturedArticle embroidery issue eleven needlework Spotlight textiles

Spotlight: Black Girl Knit Club

Find out more about Sicgmone Kludje & Vea Koranteng’s knitting club…

… Spotlight: Black Girl Knit Club
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Sanity in the Seams

Sanity in the Seams: The Power of Sewing to Reaffirm a Sense of Self During Tumultuous Times, as Told Through the Needle of Nineteenth Century Seamstress, Agnes Richter.

… Sanity in the Seams
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Ceramics in Lockdown: An interview with Christie Brown

Leila Vilarrubi asks Christie Brown how lockdown has impacted the process of sculpting…

… Ceramics in Lockdown: An interview with Christie Brown
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Mother Material: Handle with Care

‘Mother Material’ was made by the British, Madrid-based artist Barbara Long in response to the declining health of Long’s mother, Joan.

… Mother Material: Handle with Care
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Spotlight: Veiled Voices 2020

Veiled Voices 2020 is an inclusive community embroidery project, which invites women across the UK to come together and explore perceptions of Hijab wearing in Britain, with the aim of creating understanding and friendship.

… Spotlight: Veiled Voices 2020
FeaturedArticle issue eleven needlework

On the Fence: Crafting Resistance at Greenham Common

Exploring the role craft played at the The Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp

… On the Fence: Crafting Resistance at Greenham Common
FeaturedArticle embroidery Interview issue eleven needlework textiles

Sewing Social Histories with Stitches in Time

Stitches in Time began as an experiment to see if sewing could start conversations between strangers – Lottie Whalen interviewed the team to find out more…

… Sewing Social Histories with Stitches in Time
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Crafting an Education: The Handmade Gift as Talisman for our Times

 An exchange of gifts strikes up a conversation about showing care through the handmade object

… Crafting an Education: The Handmade Gift as Talisman for our Times
FeaturedArticle embroidery issue ten needlework

‘Some Strange Comfort’: the 2012 Holloway Quilt

Quilting points display the impact community projects can have

… ‘Some Strange Comfort’: the 2012 Holloway Quilt
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Sheroes in Quarantine: A community exhibition

Sheroes has become an ongoing project that works around different themes to reflect upon the comparative lack of female role models in society.

… Sheroes in Quarantine: A community exhibition
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Editorial #10: Subversive Stitching

When Rozsika Parker wrote The Subversive Stitch (1984) she brought to the fore a powerful exploration of the cultural and socio-economic values of embroidery, which revealed the deep-rooted gender politics that led to the devaluation of ‘feminine’-coded arts.

… Editorial #10: Subversive Stitching
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Practice-based: Aninda Varma

Tussar, Chanderi, Kanjeevaram, Bandini, Patola – these are names I would often hear around me while growing up in India, and I remember vividly the accompanied excitement that these words would conjure, and the all-consuming beauty and vibrancy that would follow.

… Practice-based: Aninda Varma
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An interview with Rachelle Romeo

North London based artist and activist Rachelle Romeo’s work caught our eye with her powerful and poetic use of embroidery.

… An interview with Rachelle Romeo

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