Leila Vilarrubi asks Christie Brown how lockdown has impacted the process of sculpting…
… 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‘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 CareExploring the role craft played at the The Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
… On the Fence: Crafting Resistance at Greenham CommonStitches 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 TimeAn exchange of gifts strikes up a conversation about showing care through the handmade object
… Crafting an Education: The Handmade Gift as Talisman for our TimesQuilting points display the impact community projects can have
… ‘Some Strange Comfort’: the 2012 Holloway QuiltSheroes 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 exhibitionWhen 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 StitchingTussar, 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 VarmaNorth London based artist and activist Rachelle Romeo’s work caught our eye with her powerful and poetic use of embroidery.
Amy E. Elkins reviews handiwork by Sara Baume
… handiwork’s Crafting of the New Global ElegyJanie Terrero’s decision to declare her identity at the centre of her work is a gesture of defiance towards the Prison’s attempt to anonymise inmates in an effort to prevent solidarity from forming.
… Stitching Solidarity: Janie Terrero and the Political Power of the NeedleExplore Sibande’s alter-ego, the domestic servant Sophie Ntombikayise, who emanates and is entangled by sprawling, supernatural roots of purple fabric…
… ‘Always in the Middle’: Unpicking the Fabric of Domesticity with Mary SibandeGuernica Remaking, a research project led by Dr. Nicola Ashmore, seeks to explore how the radical energy of this political charged artwork is being harnessed by community groups across the globe.
… Spotlight: Guernica Remakings