Category: Textile History
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Textile Book Group
A social online group to talk about our favourite books about textiles. A few weeks ago I hosted my first online textile book group and it was a delight! We talked about Clare Hunter’s Threads of Life and shared our reflections on the book, what resonated with our own stories, what we learned and how…
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Claire-Louise Hardie / The Thrifty Stitcher: Making Meaning Podcast Episode 54
Today’s episode is more in the summer of stitch series, this time with a very different kind of maker. Claire-Louise Hardie is a costumier and sewing teacher, expert in making clothes and understanding how clothes work and how they make us feel. This is a really fun conversation exploring very different things than this podcast…
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Jennifer Collier; Making Meaning Podcast Episode 53
Continuing with the summer of stitch theme, in this podcast episode I am talking to the brilliant maker Jennifer Collier, who makes amazing objects in paper using textile techniques. I’ve known Jennifer for years and we’ve worked together and supported each other plenty but still needed to twist her arm to do this podcast, for…
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Writing the stories of damage
An exploration into the details of my textile collecting This short essay was sparked by a writing challenge on Substack, set by Beth Kempton. It’s may first post there, and I am probably not going to change over to writing on Substack rather than on my own places – this website, my printed publications and…
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Wendy Ward; Making Meaning Podcast Episode 52
This week’s podcast episode is with the amazing Wendy Ward – researcher, maker and campaigner around clothes, sustainability and emotional connection to the things we wear. Wendy is a PhD researcher at Sheffield Hallam University investigating product attachment, craft and broken-ness in fashion. Prior to her PhD she taught sewing to adults and wrote five…
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Deb McGuire / Mary Linwood: Making Meaning podcast Episode 49
Deb McGuire is back! We recording a long conversation and I’ve split it into two episodes, of which this is the second. I suggest you start with Episode 48 first, as that’s where Deb introduces herself and her work. This is a continuation of our chat which focusses more on Mary Linwood and my forthcoming…
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Deb McGuire: Making Meaning podcast Episode 48
In this series I’m exploring textile making and the many complex meanings around textile making practice. This episode is the first of a two-parter with quilt maker and historian Deb McGuire, because we had so much to talk about that we made two episodes! There’s such a lot of overlap in our interests that its not…
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Jayne Childs: Making Meaning podcast Episode 47
It’s been a while, but Making Meaning is back! This series will be full of conversations about textile making and meaning. This episode is with Jayne Childs. We talk about lace and heritage and the passion to innovate and create as well as the history of materials and methods. We talk about creating artwork and…
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Rediscovering Mary Linwood Creative Activities Day
Find out more about the embroidery artist Mary Linwood at this free event hosted by textile artist Ruth Singer. Saturday 29th March 11am-3pm at St Margaret’s Church, Leicester The day includes: Entry to the historic church and all activities FREE. St Margaret’s Way Leicester Leicester, LE1 3EB. Refreshments available. No need to book, drop-in whenever…
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Textiles and Care: Making Meaning podcast Episode 46
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Series Five of Making Meaning is here. A lot of this series will be focussing on textiles, although there will be some other stories, conversations and solo episodes coming up too. This week I am starting by sharing two of my talks from the Cultures of Care Group from the end of 2024. Cultures of…
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