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            LOT 156
Image: Illustration from Kunst-und Fleiss-übende Nadel-Ergötzungen, Margaretha Helmin, circa 1725 Dr. Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood grew up in the old mill landscape of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Attracted to textiles as a...
LOT 156
Image: Illustration from Kunst-und Fleiss-übende Nadel-Ergötzungen, Margaretha Helmin, circa 1725 Dr. Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood grew up in the old mill landscape of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Attracted to textiles as a...
 
            A PRECARIOUS TRACE
Image: All That Glitters…, Cicada. ©MCE 2021. Courtesy of Michele Carragher. BOOK: Trace: the embroidered art of Michele Carragher (Search Press, 2021) REVIEW: Dr. Catherine Harper Michele Carragher’s Trace...
A PRECARIOUS TRACE
Image: All That Glitters…, Cicada. ©MCE 2021. Courtesy of Michele Carragher. BOOK: Trace: the embroidered art of Michele Carragher (Search Press, 2021) REVIEW: Dr. Catherine Harper Michele Carragher’s Trace...
 
            HAND & LOCK AND FINGERS CROSSED
Image: Detail of embroidered denim jacket. Ana Maria Restrepo (Colombia). Finalist, Textile Open Art category. The 2022 iteration of the world’s premier embroidery competition has just entered its final round....
HAND & LOCK AND FINGERS CROSSED
Image: Detail of embroidered denim jacket. Ana Maria Restrepo (Colombia). Finalist, Textile Open Art category. The 2022 iteration of the world’s premier embroidery competition has just entered its final round....
 
            FRAGMENT OF A DRESS
Image: Fragment of a Dress. Detail. Courtesy of Hannah Lamb. ‘My mother was a seamstress…I still have a wool coat she wore often. When I wear it, I feel...
FRAGMENT OF A DRESS
Image: Fragment of a Dress. Detail. Courtesy of Hannah Lamb. ‘My mother was a seamstress…I still have a wool coat she wore often. When I wear it, I feel...
 
            EXCELENTE TRABAJO
Image: Mexican embroidery Many people can recite Oscar Wilde’s quip, ‘imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’. Fewer, perhaps, will know the full quote: ‘Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...
EXCELENTE TRABAJO
Image: Mexican embroidery Many people can recite Oscar Wilde’s quip, ‘imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’. Fewer, perhaps, will know the full quote: ‘Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...
 
            FINE AND DANDY
Image: Detail of embroidered court suit, 1770-85. Courtesy of Manchester Art Gallery Tom Ford once said, “British men are peacocks. You see a lot more style on the streets here than...
FINE AND DANDY
Image: Detail of embroidered court suit, 1770-85. Courtesy of Manchester Art Gallery Tom Ford once said, “British men are peacocks. You see a lot more style on the streets here than...
