Category: Reviews
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Narrative in textile practice
I look for the stories, the challenging subjects, the social justice, the personal and emotional research in creative practice all the time and am delighted when I find it. I recently visited the textile degree show at my local university, Loughborough, to see what the graduates have to say about why they are making what…
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Stitch with something to say
Before I visited Festival of Quilts earlier this year, I was thinking about another world where something other than quilts were on display in a huge, annual competition. I was inspired by Fashion Fictions which Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd introduced in Making Meaning Live where alternative versions of the world are explored where there are…
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Close Distance at Woollaton Hall
A visit to the extraordinary installation Close Distance by Caroline Broadhead, Nic Sandiland and Angela Woodhouse this week was a real delight. The work, inspired by 17th century textiles from Woollaton Hall and the stories of those who lived there, has been created by three artists in collaboration using dance, construction and film. The works are displayed…
Ruth Singer 