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Category: issue ten

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
FeaturedArticle editorial issue ten

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
FeaturedArticle issue ten needlework Practice Based textiles

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
FeaturedArticle embroidery Interview issue ten needlework Practice Based

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
FeaturedArticle embroidery issue ten needlework Review

handiwork’s Crafting of the New Global Elegy

Amy E. Elkins reviews handiwork by Sara Baume

… handiwork’s Crafting of the New Global Elegy
FeaturedArticle Creative Writing issue ten poetry

Poetry: Dress

… Poetry: Dress

Featuredissue ten Spotlight

Spotlight: Protest Banner Lending Library

Aram Han Sifuentes‘s practice intersects sewing, social practice and subversion…
… Spotlight: Protest Banner Lending Library
FeaturedArticle embroidery issue ten needlework textiles

Stitching Solidarity: Janie Terrero and the Political Power of the Needle

Janie 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 Needle
FeaturedArticle embroidery issue ten needlework

‘Always in the Middle’: Unpicking the Fabric of Domesticity with Mary Sibande

Explore 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 Sibande
FeaturedArticle issue ten Spotlight textiles

Spotlight: Guernica Remakings

Guernica 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
FeaturedArticle embroidery issue ten needlework

In the (Spider’s) Web (on Berta López)

After stumbling on an exhibition in Madrid, Roberta Quance discovers the affective resonance of crochet and the legacies of lacemaking…

… In the (Spider’s) Web (on Berta López)
FeaturedArticle embroidery issue ten needlework

Madge Gill: Creativity with No Boundaries

How the mysterious and enigmatic artist Madge Gill (1882-1961) defied all expectations of being a working class woman in the early 20th century.

… Madge Gill: Creativity with No Boundaries

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