Tag: History
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Beautiful but hollow
My view of ‘Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion’ exhibition at The Barbican My initial review of this exhibition, written on the train home, was a list of things I didn’t like and disappointment at what could have, in my opinion, been done better. I didn’t make enough notes, take enough photos, nor do…
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Fragments of a whole
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What we lose when we cut things up As I prepare for my annual visit to the Antique Textiles Fair next week, I look back to a visit a couple of years ago and reflect on what I found, and what was missing. I crawled out of bed horribly early, in the dark, to get…
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How to recognise a Mary Linwood embroidery
Attributions and confusions, Mary Linwood’s Lost Legacy During my research into Mary Linwood, I came across plenty of embroideries that had been attributed to her in the past. There are also some in museums that I am not convinced are actually by Mary Linwood and some that have been auctioned in recent years that look…
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Museum Visits
Close-up with Mary Linwood in museum collections Visiting museum stores to see historic textiles close up is my idea of textile heaven. During the development of Mary Linwood; Art, Stitch & Life exhibition, I got to visit Leicester Museum stores a few times, the Bowes Museum and the V&A Storehouse. I also saw a couple…
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Dr Heidi Strobel: Making Meaning Podcast Episode 56
Dr Heidi Strobel is my guest in episode 56 about Mary Linwood. Heidi joined me from The University of North Texas, USA where she is is Professor of Art History. She is also the author of Mary Linwood: Embroidery, Installation, and Entrepreneurship in Britain 1787-1845 which has been invaluable for my exhibition research. Heidi and…
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Dr Isabella Rosner: Making Meaning Podcast Episode 55
Episode 55 is more of the summer of stitch series, this time with the brilliant Dr Isabella Rosner, Royal School of Needlework curator, podcaster and all round historic embroidery enthusiast. She has been part of the Mary Linwood fan club for years and we had a wonderful time talking about all the complexities of Linwood’s career…
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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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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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Mapping our personal histories
Places & Traces project has moved indoors after a summer of walks and wild workshops. We are now looking at maps and documents to plan our own tactile map of emotional histories of Charnwood Forest. The final two meetings of this year are in Loughborough library where we are looking at historical maps and talking…