Socially engaged textiles
There’s been some great coverage of the missing quilts saga with the BBC both online and on BBC Radio Gloucester.
This is a fascinating talk by author of Connecting Threads, Lynn Setterington, given online on behalf of the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Home to the world's largest publicly held collection of quilts spanning five centuries and more than 55 countries to provide a scope of quilt making traditions past and present. It’s about 45 mins and a great insight into her work. You can read more detail in the book, available here.
Lynn will be exhibiting her work at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London as part of the show Textiles: The Art of Mankind, curated by Mary Schoeser, who wrote the foreword to Lynn’s book. We’re assuming that ‘mankind’ includes the rest of us too 😉.
Further Reading...
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Rachael Matthews, rethinking consumption
This reinvention of the yarn creation process has culminated in Rachael's latest book, Rag Manifesto, which takes consumer waste and re-spins it into another story...
Rachael Matthews, rethinking consumption
This reinvention of the yarn creation process has culminated in Rachael's latest book, Rag Manifesto, which takes consumer waste and re-spins it into another story...
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The Red Dress
The Red Dress is a global project featuring work from 51 countries... They are communicating with each other, and us, using the language of stitch.
The Red Dress
The Red Dress is a global project featuring work from 51 countries... They are communicating with each other, and us, using the language of stitch.
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Katy and Quickthorn
Katy’s vision for Quickthorn is rooted in her lifelong passion for sustainability, accessibility, and the deep sense of wellbeing and resilience that comes from making and mending.
Katy and Quickthorn
Katy’s vision for Quickthorn is rooted in her lifelong passion for sustainability, accessibility, and the deep sense of wellbeing and resilience that comes from making and mending.