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VISIBLE CREATIVE MENDING
In decades past, wear and tear was a source of embarrassment. Discrete repairs were prized and practised - to produce a visible mend would have been seen as wearing a...
VISIBLE CREATIVE MENDING
In decades past, wear and tear was a source of embarrassment. Discrete repairs were prized and practised - to produce a visible mend would have been seen as wearing a...
KIMONOS AND COMICS
One of the most famous Japanese painters of the early 20th century, Takehisa Yumeji, never studied art, refused to call himself an artist and decided to become a painter while drunk. Although...
KIMONOS AND COMICS
One of the most famous Japanese painters of the early 20th century, Takehisa Yumeji, never studied art, refused to call himself an artist and decided to become a painter while drunk. Although...
STITCHES OF FAITH
The V&A’s exhibition "Opus Anglicanum" has now ended, but for those of you who missed the opportunity to see it, there is another chance to experience (and even own) examples of...
STITCHES OF FAITH
The V&A’s exhibition "Opus Anglicanum" has now ended, but for those of you who missed the opportunity to see it, there is another chance to experience (and even own) examples of...
IM/MATERIAL
Jenine Shereos is a sculptor and a textile artist unlike any other. Although the crafting techniques that she uses in her work are conventional, the materials from which she fashions...
IM/MATERIAL
Jenine Shereos is a sculptor and a textile artist unlike any other. Although the crafting techniques that she uses in her work are conventional, the materials from which she fashions...
MADE IN THE MIDDLE
“The Midlands” is a term rarely used outside of weather and travel reports. As a cultural and geographical region, it is frequently ignored by the binary-obsessed media, who focus instead...
MADE IN THE MIDDLE
“The Midlands” is a term rarely used outside of weather and travel reports. As a cultural and geographical region, it is frequently ignored by the binary-obsessed media, who focus instead...
Crafting with Plastic
Guest Blog post by Konstantina Pyrnokoki. Imagine a world where every little thing we use has a significant value, not to be irrationally expended, but reutilised, instead, so that it keeps...
Crafting with Plastic
Guest Blog post by Konstantina Pyrnokoki. Imagine a world where every little thing we use has a significant value, not to be irrationally expended, but reutilised, instead, so that it keeps...