This introduction is my open love letter to Glitter.
Guest edited by Graham Feyl.
… Issue Seventeen: All That GlittersThis introduction is my open love letter to Glitter.
Guest edited by Graham Feyl.
… Issue Seventeen: All That GlittersScarlet Aylmer shares what draws her to all things shiny in this blog on glitter as a cultural and natural phenomenon.
… A Testament to GlitterShining a spotlight on AJ Roberts intimate and fluid beadwork, in The Human Chrysalis Project.
… Spotlight: AJ RobertsAziza Mirza shares a poem and abstract painting exploring how “all that glitters is not gold”.
cw: intimate partner violence
“Home Is A Concept explores homes beyond borders through capturing people’s connection with each other and nature. These photos and prints are documentations of home as where I currently live (Vermont, U.S.A.), and where I am from (Suzhou, China).
… Spotlight: Home Is A ConceptCaroline Harris dives into the experimental world of visual poetry…
… Vibrant ecosystems of poetic makingExplore the What Lies Beneath – Women, Politics, Textiles reading list compiled by Laura Moseley, founder of Common Threads Press…
… Reading List: What Lies BeneathStephanie Frondoso explores the invisible work by artist Christina Quisumbing Ramilo, bringing focus to the invisible labor behind works of art that use discarded objects from studios, workshops and the supply stores that Ramilo frequents.
… Debris: Christina Quisumbing RamiloFor this issue of Decorating Dissidence we wanted to reflect on last year’s centenary of the Bauhaus. Now at 101 years, the celebrations may be over but the movement’s legacy still offers much to be learned, developed and reflected on.
… Editorial: Bauhaus ContinuedExplore examples of female image makers and their contribution to Bauhaus through 5 defining photographs.
… Frauen Vision: 5 Progressive Photographs by 5 Unsung Bauhaus WomenΤhe centenary of the Bauhaus in 2019 created a unique opportunity for a re-examination of craft in the Bauhaus movement through many exhibitions in Germany and beyond.
… Exhibition Review: Craft in the Bauhaus centenary and beyondHannah Waldron’s weavings translate the dynamism of modern architecture and cityscapes into fabric design…
… Interview with Hannah WaldronContinuing Decorating Dissidence’s exploration into the legacy of the Bauhaus weaving workshops, Suzanna Petot got in touch with Erica Warren, Associate Curator in the Department of Textiles at the Art Institute of Chicago, to ask a few questions about her career and her most recent exhibition…
… Curator Interview: Tracing the Bauhaus Threads with Erica Warren‘Something speaks to us, a sound, a touch, hardness or softness, it catches us and asks us to be formed’ – Anni Albers, ‘Material as Metaphor’ (1982)
… ‘The Event of a Thread’: a recap of Weave It! an exhibition curated by Decorating Dissidence