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Subversive Stitch Revisited: The Politics of Cloth conference

November 30, 2013 kath Leave a comment

this weekend in the UK the “Subversive Stitch Revisited: The Politics of Cloth” conference was (is being) held. as it’s a bit far to go from Australia, I missed out on attending the lectures. their twitter feed mentions the sessions will be uploaded as podcasts soon, so I shall try to take a listen to them. I have a copy of the original book, “The Subversive Stitch: embroidery and the making of the feminine (1984)” by Rozsika Parker, though I have only browsed through it. I hope to read more over the Christmas break (along with Colour book).

here’s an image of the flyer:

event details, from the ticket site:

Keynote Speakers include: Professor Griselda Pollock, University of Leeds

The Subversive Stitch Revisited: The Politics of Cloth will explore the legacy of Rozsika Parker’s groundbreaking book, The Subversive Stitch: embroidery and the making of the feminine (1984) and two landmark exhibitions from 1988 that developed Parker’s ideas. It will consist of a two day event held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and an online resource that will include documentation of the event. The Subversive Stitch Revisited will be dedicated to the memory of Rozsika Parker, who died in 2010.

Presentations taking place on Friday (29/11/2013) will reflect on the art and feminist debates of the 1970s and 80s from which the exhibitions emerged. It will feature keynote presentations by Griselda Pollock and American artist Elaine Reichek in conversation with Jenni Sorkin (University of California, Santa Barbara). Saturday (30/11/2013) explores the politics of cloth now, focusing on current activity by both women and men that addresses ethical, social and global issues, and on cloth as a subversive strategy.

Speakers and presenters include:Megha Rajguru + Nicola Ashmore, Đorđe Balmazović, Michael Bath, Claire Barber + Rowan Bailey, Lise Bjørne Linnert, Leah Borromeo, Anthea Black + Nicole Burisch, Christine Checinska, Sarah Corbett, Steffi Duarte, Leora Farber, Elke Gaugele, Betsy Greer, Roisin Inglesby, Alexandra Kokoli, Kimberly Lamm, Anne Moore, Brenda Schmahmann, Rose Sinclair, Jenni Sorkin, Matt Smith, Lisa Vinebaum, Liese Van Der Watt.

textiles reading list

November 29, 2013 kath Leave a comment

collating textiles related articles I come across to read
(& some other general topics mixed in, if I emailed to the wrong reading list)
http://www.explorationsintextiles.com/playing-around has some also where I’ve written a blog post about the articles
http://www.explorationsintextiles.com/tags/theme too, if theme related (once I decide on my actual theme)

2015 update: I’m posting these now to http://www.textilesreadinglist.com

textiles reading list
(changed to listing recent entries at top – since October 2014 (assignment 3))

16 Dec 2014
http://www.rosiejames.com – drawing with threads
http://threadpapercloth.wordpress.com

22 Nov 2014
http://ruthsinger.com/category/fabric-manipulation – I have her book “Fabric Manipulation”

20 Nov 2014
http://www.annekyyroquinn.com

18 Nov 2014
http://www.surfacedesign.org/marketplace/product-category/journals Surface Design Journals (pdf samples)
http://www.textileartist.org/deidre-adams-quiet-beauty-imperfect-imperma…
http://abstractions.deidreadams.com/2011/12/02/evolution-of-a-commission…

16 Nov 2014
http://fieldnotestour.co.uk
http://www.matthewharriscloth.co.uk
John Olsen ::: image search
Tilleke Schwartz
Gwen Hedley
Allison Watkins ::: closet studies
Dorothy Caldwell ::: tactile writing and the written word. walking with stitch workshop
Demelza Sherwood ::: portraits
Ruth Hadlow ::: patternbook & working with threads and nails & translating the textiles university world
textile fibre forum in geelong
Natasza Niedziolka ::: colouring in shapes, like aerial landscapes, tacks down knots amongst the lines
Marian Bijilenga ::: objects
Nick Cave ::: sound suits

15 Nov 2014
http://www.textileartist.org/resources/
http://hyperallergic.com/162532/the-pigment-library-that-launched-americ…
http://danieladistantstitch.blogspot.com.au/search?updated-max=2012-02-0…

14 Nov 2014
http://debbie-smyth.com ::: Debbie Smyth – drawing with thread. nails & thread drawings & wall hangings

13 Nov 2014
Drawing on Everything – Discovering Your Creative Voice
Shantell Martin ::: drawing on everything

12 Nov 2014
Shiela Hicks – begin with thread (video) vimeo.com/108250843 like the inside of a beehive

07 Nov 2014
http://isleofskyeartstudio.com/learn-to-paint/sketching/lower-your-expec…

06 Nov 2014
http://www.helenterryart.co.uk/blog/2014/11/3/fragments

25 Oct 2014
http://qz.com/280475/why-every-newborn-you-see-on-facebook-is-wrapped-in…
http://www.paradoxoftheday.com/index.php/philosophy/93-some-thoughts-on-… zizek
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arte_Povera
http://www.paradoxoftheday.com/index.php/philosophy/99-some-thoughts-on-…

24 Oct 2014
https://www.hud.ac.uk/schools/artdesignandarchitecture/events/transition/ – conference in the UK covering textiles & technology, sustainable textiles and futures, craftsmanship & the handmade and some industry/business

http://www.yatzer.com/matija-cop-fashion – nice fabric manipulations examples

21/10/2014
http://www.textile-forum-blog.org/2014/10/textile-art-as-the-focus-of-re…

16/10/2014
http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/contemporary-te…

11 Oct 2014
http://sew-over-it.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/tutorial-fabric-manipulation-1…
http://thecuttingclass.com/post/68382161389/contemporary-smocking-techni…
http://www.thesewingdirectory.co.uk/american-smocking/
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/16176/modern-smocking-lozenge-pattern
http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/October-2014/Beyond-DIY-How-a…
http://tumblingblocks.net/blog/2008/09/22/Honeycomb-Smocking-Tutorial/ – fly stitch

9 Oct 2014
http://thecuttingclass.com/post/68382161389/contemporary-smocking-techni…
http://www.michelecarragherembroidery.com/How-to-Create-Dragonscale(2880143).htm (see 7 Aug 2013 also)
http://sew-over-it.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/tutorial-fabric-manipulation-1…

8 Oct 2014
http://brooklynaccelerator.com/5-ways-tech-is-pushing-apparel-production…
https://www.facebook.com/ebbandflow.62groupexhibition
http://www.62group.org.uk/category/news/

http://www.sewelizabeth.com/2013/02/more-origami-experiments.html
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/163156778/future-textile-environments-future… (doc)
http://maiwahandprints.blogspot.ca/2014/10/on-last-day-of-september-2014…

http://www.origamitessellations.com/2012/02/moorish-stars-crease-pattern/ pdf origami book
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2013/0260104.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQnGmnCmuZI Oribotics – Matthew Gardiner – origami & robotics + fabric origami & folding
http://matthewgardiner.net/art/Oribotics_origin Oribotics

http://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/Art_and_design/Textiles/Manipulated_tex…
http://www.emagister.co.uk/textile_design_beginners_diploma_course_level…

http://www.thethreadstudio.com/catalogue/exp/hintstyvek/text.htm
http://www.thethreadstudio.com/catalogue/exp/papers.htm tyvek paper (order)

http://textually.org/3DPrinting/cat_3d_printing_and_the_fashionista.html

http://www.le-crimp.org/IMG/pdf/articleanglais.pdf ebook

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older posts in 2013 -> 2014 order:

07 August 2013
Age-old crafts become next generation technology tools via OCA blog
A Computational Model of Knitting & other articles combining knitting and computing via bit.craft
Audrey Walker of the 62 Group in the UK – I love how some of her stitches look painterly, like Van Gogh’s night scenes painting style in this one
Radical Thread book – a sample of it anyway, from the 62 Group
Observed Incident by Audrey Walker
Textile Artist website
Abstract Fabric Collage by Margaret Kaye
11th Century embroidery pictures – I like the satin stitch (I think!) in this one
Sue Stone
on slow craftivism
threads of life – Indonesian fibre arts and textiles

and a couple from last week, the Game of Thrones embroidery pictures & site
Michele Carragher’s embroidery for Game of Thrones TV show
These Close-Ups Of “Game Of Thrones” Fashion Will Take Your Breath Away
love Daenerys’s dragonscale dress – there’s a page showing how to create dragonscale too (I’m up to book 3, and just started 2nd series of the show)

06 October 2013

http://blog.tedresearch.net/2013/09/30/dr-kate-goldsworthy-at-making-fut…

http://textileartscenter.com/blog/over-and-over-at-the-picture-farm-gallery

http://www.textileartist.org/cloth-creativity-collaborating

http://www.textileartist.org/sue-ferrari-interview-intimacy-of-fabric-an…

http://ilkawhite.com.au/portfolio/whitework-3/#1

http://openmaterials.org

http://openwear.org

16 October 2013

http://www.handeyemagazine.com/content/trace-and-echo

http://www.textileartist.org/anne-biss-interview-straightforward-stitching

http://www.societyofdesignercraftsmen.org.uk

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/ey-exhibition-pau…

17 October 2013
http://tessuti.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/tutorial-how-to-make-your-own-fit… fitted sheets

http://www.tangled-yarn.co.uk/blogs/news/9083741-chatting-with-stephen-west

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/10/15/endia_beal_can_i_touch_it_e…

http://embroiderersguildnsw.org.au/Groups/Groups.htm

http://rhizome.org/editorial/2013/oct/16/required-reading-closer-look-jo…

http://www.annebiss.co.uk/links.htm

21 October 2013
http://www.textileartist.org/arlee-barr-interview-a-personal-grounded-ap…

08 November 2013
Brian Eno and Grayson Perry on how the internet taught us we are all perverts
Creativity, popularity and pornography – and why great art always involves losing control.
http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/10/internet-has-taught-us-we-are-all-pe…

18 November 2013
http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/aldo-tambellini-james-cohan-gallery…

http://weburbanist.com/2013/11/13/short-film-explores-intersection-of-fa…

http://www.yatzer.com/dior-glamour-1952-1962-mark-shaw-rizzoli

http://www.vam.ac.uk/b/blog/futureplan/clothworkers-who-unframed-histori…

19 November 2013
http://patternity.org/news/patternity-feature-chinti-parker

26 November 2013
internet cats embroidered onto business shirts http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/11/internet-cats-embroidered-on-fancy…

27 November 2013
Hechizoo textiles traditions transformed to sophisticated and modern textiles.
http://www.handeyemagazine.com/content/modernizing-traditions

“Forever in Blue Jeans” “Weaving Indigo Dyed Denim” http://www.handeyemagazine.com/content/forever-blue-jeans … nice.she’s making jeans.from scratch. weaving the dyed cotton 1st

“a celebration of repair” http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/celebrationofrepair/homepage … where things go to be fixed

29 November 2013
http://seamcollective.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/creating-noise-with-textiles

30 November 2013
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/subversive-stitch-revisited-the-politics-o…

Tracing Acton | Minami Arai on the lost art of the written word
“In “Tracing Action” Arai uses thick wire and to recreate an elevated text from her favorite books. It’s as if the text is rising off the page and being brought to life.”
http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2013/11/25/tracing-acton-minami-arai-on-the-…

Sourcing Local Colour
– natural dyeing from the centre for sustainable fashion
http://www.sustainable-fashion.com/2013/11/sourcing-local-colour

craft of use project – by the centre for sustainable fashio (CSF)
http://www.sustainable-fashion.com/2013/11/craft-of-use
http://craftofuse.org
http://www.localwisdom.info local wisdom project (related)

http://futurefabricsvirtualexpo.com – future fabrics virtual (online) expo. from the conference
http://www.thesustainableangle.org – the sustainable angle – they held the future fabrics conference

16 December 2013

http://artdaily.com/news/66886/Fabric-as-material-and-concept-in-art-fro…

http://www.artandsciencejournal.com/post/69814254818/fashion-and-nature-…

17 December 2013

http://realcoloredgirls.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/the-problem-with-beyhiv…

http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/12/12/scientists-discover-double-mea…

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/arts/international/another-look-at-the…

http://fineartstextiles.wikispaces.com/Textile+Artists

18 December 2013

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/artist-turns-e-waste-into-colorf…

http://thestringer.com.au/homo-sapien-sapiens-originated-in-australia-no…

http://www.design-is-fine.org/post/69927678709/textile-design-of-a-bioim…

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/15/macklemore-grammys-…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7332452/The-universit…

http://www.textileartist.org/diana-mckinnon-interview-an-intensity-of-st…

4 Jan 2014

http://www.see-paynton.co.uk/index.html

http://www.textileartist.org/bren-boardman-on-mind-maps-and-sketchbooks/

5 Jan 2014

http://www.livescience.com/42265-ancient-israeli-fabrics-regal-dye.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink

8 Jan 2014

http://www.surfacedesign.org/newsblog/new-product-review-the-wonderz-of-…

http://ideas.time.com/2013/12/16/its-a-mans-world-and-it-always-will-be/

9 Jan 2014

https://sites.google.com/site/miscarriageresearch/home

10 Jan 2014

“A Swedish medieval book mended with silk thread” ‪nordic-aputsiaq.blogspot.dk/2014/01/a-swed…‬ beautiful. parchment holes mended with embroidery

more of the nun’s work repairing the book parchment with coloured silk embroidery (in 1417) ‪ub.uu.se/en/Just-now/Pr…‬

11 Jan 2014

http://www.distantstitch.co.uk/

http://textilestudygroup.co.uk

http://www.textiles.org.nz/museum/wmason/index.html

http://rachelhalton.com/Pixel.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/magazine/fruits-of-the-loom.html?ref=m…

http://www.handeyemagazine.com/content/edit-blog-entry-hearts-hands-and-…

13 Jan 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/magazine/fruits-of-the-loom.html?ref=m…

http://www.handeyemagazine.com/content/edit-blog-entry-hearts-hands-and-…

15 Jan 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/jan-mcgarry-interview-africa-in-stitch/

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/arts-and-health/201401/doodling-your…

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/arts-and-health/201310/visual-journa…

18 Jan 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/103647/stitching-not-bitching/

http://www.gold.ac.uk/make/
The Women’s Art Library / MAKE

UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 ‪http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/search?facet=subject;rights=Pu… …‬ many of these are now free ebooks. art, science, history, music, religion…

http://www.gold.ac.uk/art/facilities/tex_construct/ Constructed Textiles Research Laboratory
http://www.gold.ac.uk/textile-collection Goldsmiths Textile Collection & Constance Howard Gallery

19 Jan 2014

http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/vinyl-wont-really-make-a-comeback-until…

http://hyperallergic.com/103792/undiscovered-territory-will-horwitts-obj…

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/01/do_what_you_…

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/slow-tony-abbott-s…

http://www.boredpanda.com/animal-children-photography-elena-shumilova/

http://freshstatic.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/blood-into-gold-a-birmingham…

http://aeon.co/magazine/being-human/how-did-i-end-up-growing-old/

19 Jan 2014

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116063/spike-jonzes-her-scariest-movi…

21 Jan 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/103569/waiting-for-faith-wilding-on-the-internet/

21 Jan 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/103569/waiting-for-faith-wilding-on-the-internet/

21 Jan 2014

http://aeon.co/film/freedom-according-to-the-wandering-piano-tuner/
http://www.thenation.com/article/177614/coming-instant-planetary-emergency

22 Jan 2014

http://yatzer.com/inner-fashion-c-fabriek

http://hyperallergic.com/104347/the-art-worlds-casual-racism/

22 Jan 2014

http://yatzer.com/inner-fashion-c-fabriek

http://hyperallergic.com/104347/the-art-worlds-casual-racism/

22 Jan 2014

http://pauladavislaack.com

24 Jan 2014

budget file:
http://planningwithkids.com/2011/01/13/budget-basics/
http://moneycircle.com/how-to-budget-your-way-out-of-a-3000-hole/

25 Jan 2014

http://www.sfgirlbybay.com/2011/11/09/girl-crush-7/

http://emilybarletta.com/home.html

26 Jan 2014

http://www.mrxstitch.com/future-heirlooms-emily-barletta/

27 Jan 2014

http://vimeo.com/80280261 claudy jongstra

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=jacoba+van+heemskerck&safe=active&cli…

27 Jan 2014

http://www.cybersalon.org/wearable/

28 Jan 2014

http://theliftedbrow.com/post/74689087007/raging-against-against-the-rag…

http://nplusonemag.com/rage-machine

28 Jan 2014

http://www.core77.com/blog/photography/everything_looks_better_embroider…

28 Jan 2014

http://grr.aaaaarg.org/txt//files/005/005236.doc borges labyrinth

1 Feb 2014

http://touch.dangerousminds.net/dangerousminds/#!/entry/keith-haring-tak…

2 Feb 2014

http://deryaerkan.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/lauren-dicioccio-artist-lauren…

2 Feb 2014

http://deryaerkan.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/lauren-dicioccio-artist-lauren…

2 Feb 2014

smart clothes science symposium -video lectureshttp://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/smart-clothes

2 Feb 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/spotlight-on-stitching-and-beyond-part-one/

http://www.textileartist.org/stitching-and-beyond-artists-part-two/

2 Feb 2014

http://www.openculture.com/2013/10/the-penultimate-truth-about-philip-k-…

3 Feb 2014

http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/index.html

http://www.artquill.blogspot.co.nz/

5 Feb 2014

http://figure53.com/notes/2014-02-04-david-and-goliath/ paper/paper

5 Feb 2014

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03srj6m

http://artquill.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/timelines-of-fabrics-dyes-and-ot…

6 Feb 2014

http://scan.net.au/scan/index.php

7 Feb 2014

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv… v&a cloth collection

8 Feb 2014

http://boingboing.net/2014/02/06/pesco-lecture-a-cyberdelic.html

8 Feb 2014

http://deryaerkan.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/nike-schroder-urban-threads-te…

http://gailcreativestudies.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/color-makes-a-differ…

9 Feb 2014

http://toe.prx.org/2013/12/artifacts/

e-textiles:

http://etextile-summercamp.org/

http://www.lbruning.com/etextiles/

http://scifi2scifab.media.mit.edu/2013/12/19/sensory-fiction/

http://etextilelounge.com/

10 Feb 2014

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/02/what-great-arti…

14 Feb 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/leisa-rich-interview-endless-possibilities/…

http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/

http://dneese.blogspot.com.au/search/label/slow%20cloth

http://boingboing.net/2014/02/07/the-gap-animation-of-ira-glas.html
http://judys-journal.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/mended-world-opening-recept…
http://www.textileartist.org/leisa-rich-interview-endless-possibilities/…

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/02/what-great-arti…

http://judys-journal.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/a-reverence-for-it.html

15 Feb 2014

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fmaga…

http://www.artclothstudios.com/classes.php?cat=2

the beauty of this technique lies in the nature of the acrylic – you can adjust and modify the gel to suit your needs… whether using retarder to increase smoothness, mixing in acrylic pigment, or even mixing in other materials (i’ve seen everything from gold flake to sand mixed into the acrylic gel). I use Liquitex’s Gloss Heavy Gel Medium, but any clear acrylic medium works.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Image-Transfers-with-Acrylic-Gel-Medium/

16 Feb 2014

shibori girl

http://shiborigirl.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/new-shibori-photos/
I’ve uploaded a couple of new pics to the shibori pool on flickr. Still working on my still photo set up. Haven’t gotten it quite to my liking yet but it’s coming along. I hope to get a few questions answered at the upcoming photographers meetup beginning of the month.
I’m reading “Why We Buy, The Science of Shopping” by Paco Underhill. A really great book. Many of the things he talks about in the book, I have done when selling my work from simple intuition but he takes it to a whole new level. I will definitely be using more of these techniques as I move forward. I also finished listening (as I was sewing more postcards) to the CODA speech by Dennis Stevens entitled “Redifining Craft for the 21st Century”. There is some really good stuff in there. It’s a little wordy and heavy-handed so have a little patience- his ideas are pretty clear and it’s got me thinking. How about you?

http://vastplayground.com/wp-content/coda2006/player.html

17 Feb 2014

http://thesustainableangle.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/announcing-fabric-fo…

http://thequietus.com/articles/14405-black-midi-algorave

http://aeon.co/magazine/being-human/david-berreby-obesity-era/

18 Feb 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/lisa-soloman-interview/

19 Feb 2014

http://tai-studio.org/index.php/2012/03/conductive-jellyfish/

22 Feb 2014

http://tai-studio.org/index.php/news/

23 Feb 2014

devore – burnout on velvet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_and_fiber_arts
http://elogedelart.canalblog.com/archives/2011/07/12/21597293.html

23 Feb 2014

http://craftivism.com/blog.html/2014/02/week-3-of-48-weeks-of-historical…

23 Feb 2014

http://www.handeyemagazine.com/content/block-by-block

24 Feb 2014

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/glowing-textiles-steal-this-year…

25 Feb 2014

http://blog.re-title.com/opportunities/

26 Feb 2014

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/hacking-sewing-machines-to-glitc…

27 Feb 2014

http://touch.dangerousminds.net/dangerousminds/#!/entry/the-early-jazz-a…

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/11/20/wild-raspberries-andy-…

http://www.designboom.com/design/trust-in-design-embroiders-pattern-into…

http://stealthissingularity.com/long-lynn-hershman-leeson-virtual-person…

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/hacking-sewing-machines-to-glitc…

http://nplusonemag.com/ukraine-s-political-breakdown-and-the-crisis-of-t…
http://theconversation.com/class-stereotypes-chavs-white-trash-bogans-an…

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672926/watch-a-low-tech-technique-for-makin…

http://artdaily.com/news/68407/Blanton-exhibition-sheds-new-light-on-art…

http://thetextileblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/gustav-klimt-fashion-and-work…

http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2013/sep/13/…

http://wwwin.cisco.com/marketing/strategic/syndicated/_files/gigaompro/w…

wearable-computing-the-next-big-thing-in-tech.pdf

28 Feb 2014

http://emmasartdiary1.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Visual%20Research visual textiles sketchbooks
http://www.textileartist.org/yumiko-reynolds-interview-freehand-machine-…

2 Mar 2014

http://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/high-drama-low-farce/

http://aeon.co/magazine/altered-states/is-the-sound-of-silence-the-end-o…

http://singularityhub.com/2014/03/01/squarepusher-explores-emotional-mac…

http://www.salon.com/2014/02/28/glasshole_nation_techs_culture_war_takes…

http://www.designsponge.com/2010/03/sewing-101-zippered-throw-pillows.html

http://libregraphicsmag.com

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/18277/1/how-erik-davi…

http://stealthissingularity.com/long-lynn-hershman-leeson-virtual-person…

3 Mar 2014

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/hostility-to-john-pilgers-film-a-denial…

https://theconversation.com/lets-dump-great-barrier-reef-dredging-myths-…

http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/chomsky-h…

4 Mar 2014

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/02/26/3952070.htm

Textile futures: the living shoe and the strawberry plant that grows lace ::: What will we be making shoes out of in 2080? And will our clothes come from fruit?

5 Mar 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26435809

http://zebrapedia.psu.edu/#!/ pkd exegesis analysis

http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/boro

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/new-membrane-keeps-your-he…

http://www.textileartist.org/hannah-lamb-interview-a-kind-of-gentle-pres…

http://hyperallergic.com/112351/us-china-import-deal-reveals-limits-of-a…

http://www.textileartist.org/hannah-lamb-interview-a-kind-of-gentle-pres…

http://hyperallergic.com/112351/us-china-import-deal-reveals-limits-of-a…

http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/boro

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26435809

5 Mar 2014

http://penguinfoundation.org.au/assets/Wildlife-rehabilitation/Little-pe…

http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2014/03/05/3957423.htm

6 Mar 2014

http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/5/lem5art.htm

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/05/philip-k-dick-ubik-reading-…

10 Mar 2014

http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9002-laurie-spiegel/

http://www.discogs.com/Ali-Omar-Ali-Omar-EP/release/248066

http://io9.com/get-excited-spider-silk-finally-looks-ready-for-comme-153…
http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i9/Spider-Silk-Poised-Commercial-Entry.html
spider silk

http://www.guernicamag.com/daily/rebecca-solnit-men-explain-things-to-me/

http://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/hpa/news-summary.html?view=265

http://stirrup-queens.blogspot.co.nz

12 Mar 2014

https://theconversation.com/fashioning-science-the-next-revolution-in-we…
http://translationsblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/foreign-investment-isnt…
http://www.bb15.at/opencall/
http://www.artshub.com.au/news-article/opinions/all-arts/biennale-boycot…
http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/February-2014/Why-Architects-…

16 Mar 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/adinka-tellegen-interview-painting-textile/

17 Mar 2014

http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/5/lem5art.htm
Stanislaw Lem
Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans

18 Mar 2014

https://theconversation.com/crafting-for-good-why-we-all-want-to-knit-fo…

19 Mar 2014

http://boingboing.net/2014/03/15/bruce-sterlings-closing-rema.html

http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/carbon-crash-solar-dawn-49570
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/16/generation-rental-housing…

20 Mar 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/14/nasa-ci…

21 Mar 2014

http://io9.com/20-crucial-terms-every-21st-century-futurist-should-kno-1…

http://io9.com/5459233/sneak-peek-at-upcoming-philip-k-dick-movie

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/03/the-pointlessness-…

http://hyperallergic.com/115627/what-makes-an-artist-an-artist/

http://southerlyjournal.com.au/long-paddock/72-3-islands-and-archipelago… – mez

https://archive.org/details/ATalkWithPhilipK.DickOnHour25In1976

http://vimeo.com/88071330 The Legacy of Scattered Hegemonies
http://bcrw.barnard.edu/event/locations-of-learning-transnational-femini…

http://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/nimble-entrepreneurs/

http://www.invisibleplaces.org/

22 Mar 2014

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/how-cancer-taught-anna-bli…

24 Mar 2014

http://www.neh.gov/humanities/2012/julyaugust/feature/lessons-demigod?ut…

http://hyperallergic.com/115587/beer-with-a-painter-chris-martin/

25 Mar 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/115957/how-wealthy-are-artists-parents/

http://vimeo.com/87721828

26 Mar 2014

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/03/a-sprawling-forest-mural-drawn-wit…

http://textileartscenter.com/blog/monday-morning-inspiration-margo-wolow… hand glitched weaving

http://makezine.com/craft/glitch-knit-project/
http://makezine.com/craft/glitch_embroidery/

http://blackfeministranter.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/fair-skin-privilege-i…

http://www.blacktownsun.com.au/story/2062860/aboriginal-elder-opposes-ma…

http://damiengwalter.com/2014/03/23/writing-practice-why-its-time-to-sto…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2584437/Is-wearable-compu…

http://infosthetics.com/archives/2013/08/fragmented_memory_weaving_a_com…
weaving a computer core dump

http://www.realtimearts.net/article/issue119/11498

http://infosthetics.com/archives/2013/08/fragmented_memory_weaving_a_com…

https://theconversation.com/housing-blame-game-here-to-stay-in-world-of-…

27 Mar 2014

http://boingboing.net/2014/03/26/the-coming-cyberpunk-enter.html

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3027921/facebook-google-and-sony-are-getting…\

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3019157/innovation-by-design-conference/the-…

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129623.000-gunshot-victims-to-be…

28 Mar 2014

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/just_another_reason_to_love_tim_curry

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/03/27/big-climate-…

http://www.wolfram.com/language/

29 Mar 2014

http://www.sofst.org/galleries.htm other course stitching

30 Mar 2014

http://nudeonbroadstreet.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/entomologyfashion-sketc…

http://www.studentartguide.com/articles/fashion-design-sketchbooks

6 Apr 2014

http://miss-stitch-therapy.blogspot.co.uk

http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2014/04/considering-weave.html

http://hyperallergic.com/118870/like-it-is-william-powhida-at-postmasters/

http://miss-stitch-therapy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/tea.html

7 Apr 2014

http://miss-stitch-therapy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/tea.html

http://elizabethbarton.blogspot.com.au/

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/31/agnes-martin-john-grue…

10 Apr 2014

http://ahomefortandy.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/lots-to-report.html?spref=fb

13 Apr 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/119336/in-conversation-molly-zuckerman-hartung/

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/sbielak/bielak_mirror%20museum/Bielak%20Mirror%2…

http://hyperallergic.com/120274/radical-archive-fever/

http://hyperallergic.com/120160/kids-pay-homage-to-jim-dine/
jim dine hearts

http://www.interweavestore.com/marbled-fabric-surface-design-dvd

http://www.bloombakecreate.com/2013/02/how-to-marble-fabric-a-new-obsess…

17 Apr 2014

http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2011/04/giving.html
onion prints

i soaked the onion skin in a bit of warm water to soften it and cut the shape. i wrapped some old silk on a spool and caught the heart shape in between the layers of the wrap. i used cotton string to wrap it. I have a brew of pomegranate, tea, oak leaves and now some avocado that has been cooked over the winter many times. i keep adding stuff to the pot. I heated the brew once again and dropped the bundle in and let it sit in the sun for a few days. that’s it. if i left it longer, the image would have been stronger but i was just doing a test of the method. onion skins mark silk very quickly. i remember reading that in the book.

18 Apr 2014

http://pintangle.com/2014/04/18/a-tutorial-on-how-to-work-decorative-cra…

https://www.mastered.com/courses/5 textiles courses online

27 Apr 2014

http://www.hirokotakeda.com

https://www.facebook.com/david.j.brown.984/posts/10152373557783839?strea… bees

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2007/2/5/not-your-grandmas-robot-imagi… mavs – micro automated vehicles

http://electronicsforu.com/electronicsforu/circuitarchives/view_article….

28 Apr 2014

http://journalfodderjunkies.blogspot.com.au/search?updated-max=2012-07-2…

30 Apr 2014

http://www.journalfodderjunkies.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/erics-rules.html

1 May 2014

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=LIMx0C8tm_Y
Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2014

http://www.matthewharriscloth.co.uk/commissions/scorched/

2 May 2014

http://textileartscenter.com/blog/what-a-mess-a-stained-and-stitched-tut…

http://textileartscenter.com/blog/artist-highlight-kaelyn-garcia-on-bobb…

3 May 2014

http://www.philosophersmail.com/virtues/why-you-should-stop-taking-pictu…

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230393940457953179027…

http://www.textileartist.org/willy-schut-interview-intuitive-process/

4 May 2014

http://www.ecofashiontalk.com/2014/01/commentary-and-critique-design-for…

http://www.textileartist.org/5-sculpture-artists-using-textile-techniques/
http://www.mister-finch.com

check for bees inspiration

http://www.mister-finch.com/portfolio/#jp-carousel-868 bees by mr finch

http://www.magpieofthemind.blogspot.com.au

http://miss-stitch-therapy.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/a-digression.html

6 May 2014

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/color-book/

http://tracearchive.ntu.ac.uk/www/webwarpweft/women.htm

http://www.heelstone.com/meridian/rtable3.html

http://cds.library.brown.edu/conferences/DAC/abstracts/felberbaum.html

https://web.archive.org/web/19991103230301/http://www.felber.dircon.co.u…

7 May 2014

http://colab-projects.com/blog/?p=3000

http://dailyjapanesetextile.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/tuesday-may-1-2012/

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/color-book

http://www.wires.org.au/component/content/article/67-newsflash/248-pouch…
http://www.wires.org.au/images/stories/factsheetspdf/macropod_pouches.pdf
http://www.wires.org.au/images/stories/factsheetspdf/making_possum_pouch…

8 May 2014

http://www.fireup.org.uk
http://www.sustainable-fashion.com/2014/05/07/fireup/

http://www.kreativestudio.net.au/

http://yukoart.com/category/blog/

I’m doing a class of hers on Inking. really good so far

http://www.skillshare.com/classes/design/Mastering-Inking-Basic-and-Pro-…

http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/blogs/listen-back-thirty-years-ar…

9 May 2014

http://modernistaesthetic.blogspot.nl/2013/01/lisa-di-quinzio.html

http://modernistaesthetic.blogspot.nl/2014/02/chiyoko-tanaka.html

http://textileartscenter.com/blog/womans-eternal-dance-a-modern-tutorial/

http://shoulda-woulda.blogspot.com.au

10 May 2014

http://debbielyddon.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/soundmark-drawings/

http://www.helenterryart.co.uk/blog/

http://www.helenterryart.co.uk/blog/2014/2/23/visual-thinking

http://japanesetextileworkshops.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/pleated-shibori.html

http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes/transfers-and-lifts/a…

http://www.instructables.com/id/Image-Transfers-with-Acrylic-Gel-Medium/…

11 May 2014

http://www.jennys-sketchbook.com/search/label/Art%20Tips

12 May 2014

http://io9.com/these-watercolors-distill-superheroes-to-their-very-ess-1…

http://www.textileartist.org/marjolein-starreveld-symbolism-vice-virtue/

13 May 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/willy-schut-interview-intuitive-process/

http://blog.art21.org/2014/05/08/ten-artists-on-value/?utm_source=facebo…

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Clothes-with-Natural-Dy…

On Monday, 12 May 2014, wrote:
http://www.textileartist.org/marjolein-starreveld-symbolism-vice-virtue/

On Monday, 12 May 2014, wrote:
http://io9.com/these-watercolors-distill-superheroes-to-their-very-ess-1…

On Sunday, 11 May 2014, wrote:
http://www.jennys-sketchbook.com/search/label/Art%20Tips

On Saturday, 10 May 2014, wrote:
http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes/transfers-and-lifts/a…

http://www.instructables.com/id/Image-Transfers-with-Acrylic-Gel-Medium/…

On Saturday, 10 May 2014, wrote:
http://japanesetextileworkshops.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/pleated-shibori.html

On Saturday, 10 May 2014, wrote:
http://www.helenterryart.co.uk/blog/2014/2/23/visual-thinking

On Saturday, 10 May 2014, wrote:
http://debbielyddon.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/soundmark-drawings/

On Friday, 9 May 2014, wrote:
http://shoulda-woulda.blogspot.com.au

On 9 May 2014 09:02, wrote:
http://textileartscenter.com/blog/womans-eternal-dance-a-modern-tutorial/

On Friday, 9 May 2014, wrote:
http://modernistaesthetic.blogspot.nl/2013/01/lisa-di-quinzio.html

On Thursday, 8 May 2014, wrote:
http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/blogs/listen-back-thirty-years-ar…

On Thursday, 8 May 2014, http://www.instructables.com/id/Solvent-Transfers/

14 May 2014

http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/06/draw-nose/?ext=FB_DC_PP_E_ext…

http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/06/draw-nose/

http://blog.issuu.com/post/85571979453/brooklyn-tweed-knitting-as-a-fine…

15 May 2014

http://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/2014/05/09/sayuri-sasaki-hemann/

17 May 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/pricing-textile-art/

hallucigen honey hunters. hunting mad honey doco

20 May 2014

http://architectures.home.sapo.pt/transformations.pdf
http://www.helenterryart.co.uk/blog/2014/5/18/edges-threads-and-traces

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/tea-and-silk-painti…

http://www.helenterryart.co.uk/blog/2014/5/18/edges-threads-and-traces

21 May 2014

http://www.salon.com/2014/05/18/irony_sincerity_normcore_jon_stewart_ste…

bees – single hive of flower petals
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/photogalleries/100510-be…

22 May 2014

http://io9.com/these-radio-frequency-blocking-clothes-will-keep-you-of-1…

http://mymakedoandmendyear.wordpress.com

http://t.co/hZl4ZARfiL

22 May 2014

http://knitphisticate.com/knitamus

23 May 2014

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XCsGLWrfE4Y
The Next Black – A film about the Future of Clothing

23 May 2014

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2624156/A-colourful-past-Hauntin…

23 May 2014

http://craft-therapy.blogspot.co.nz/2013/11/homemade-gel-printing-plate….
http://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/a-permanent-gelatin-pri…

24 May 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/6-abstract-textile-artists/

24 May 2014

http://jodeeley.com

http://www.emilyfelderman.com/scissors/

25 May 2014

http://www.throughourhands.co.uk/2014/05/08/the-new-quarterly-magazine-i…

27 May 2014

http://aviedesigns.com/2012/02/easy-peasy-diy-screen-printing/

27 May 2014

http://aviedesigns.com/2012/02/easy-peasy-diy-screen-printing/

27 May 2014

http://www.stitchloop.blogspot.co.uk

28 May 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/an-interview-with-rachel-parker/

30 May 2014

http://www.1803artspace.com/tutorials/

http://www.textileartist.org/textile-art-groups/

31 May 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/culture-profess…

1 Jun 2014

http://www.designersandbooks.com/blog/20-books-textile-design

http://hyperallergic.com/129541/the-secret-victorian-language-of-flowers/

1 Jun 2014

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/event/rome-piranesis-vision

2 Jun 2014

http://www.joannakinnerslytaylor.com/portfolio/

http://www.textileartist.org/an-interview-with-joanna-kinnersly-taylor-p…

3 Jun 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/mind-set-professional-artist/

4 Jun 2014

http://www.creativeapplications.net

5 Jun 2014

http://www.the-pink-pig.co.uk/acatalog/Pink_Pig_Watercolour_Books_availa… notebooks

5 Jun 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/10-contemporary-embroidery-artists/

7 Jun 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/travel-textile-art/

7 Jun 2014

http://www.magpieofthemind.blogspot.co.nz

11 Jun 2014

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/12

11 Jun 2014
http://www.stitchloop.blogspot.co.uk

11 Jun 2014

http://www.jazzgreen.com/artistjournal/

12 Jun 2014

http://dneese.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/interview-with-grrldog-mile-high.html

12 Jun 2014

http://www.weareoca.com/textiles/digital-material-concepts-a-collision-o…

17 Jun 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/132848/henri-langlois-remembering-a-titan-of-fr…

18 Jun 2014

http://www.archdaily.com/515794/reflective-concrete-wooden-textiles-and-…
http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/2014/charles-ja…

18 Jun 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/james-hunting-interview-making-art-is-hard-…

19 Jun 2014

http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/considering_weave/2014/06/hello-and-welco…
http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/a_place_to_consider/

http://www.textileartist.org/james-hunting-interview-making-art-is-hard-…

19 Jun 2014

http://www.evaisbusy.blogspot.de

21 Jun 2014

http://www.carlasonheim.com/store/

21 Jun 2014

http://www.carlasonheim.com/store/

21 Jun 2014

http://www.evaisbusy.blogspot.de/2014/02/bookbinding_26.html
http://www.evaisbusy.blogspot.de/2014/02/bookbinding.html
http://www.evaisbusy.blogspot.de/2014/02/stamps-and-stencils.html

http://www.evaisbusy.blogspot.de/2014/03/colourful-experiments-gelli-pla…
http://www.evaisbusy.blogspot.de/2014/03/books-and-bags-bucher-und-tasch…

21 Jun 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/130848/access-the-art-world-anytime-anywhere-on…

22 Jun 2014

http://www.archdaily.com/515808/four-ways-to-learn-about-architecture-fo…
http://hyperallergic.com/133814/against-the-art-world-and-the-world-in-g…
http://artdesign.bathspa.ac.uk/news/free-student-places-on-west-dean-sho…

22 Jun 2014

weaving…backstrap loom padddlepop stick

http://bobscrafts.com/bobstuff/backstrp.htm
via comment
http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2009/05/inching-toward-a-nat…

22 Jun 2014

http://www.evaisbusy.blogspot.de/2014/02/bookbinding.html
http://www.evaisbusy.blogspot.de/2014/02/stamps-and-stencils.html
http://www.evaisbusy.blogspot.de/2014/02/bookbinding_26.html
http://carlasonheim.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/crazy-birds-tutorial/
http://www.bodilml.blogspot.dk
http://www.evaisbusy.blogspot.de

22 Jun 2014

http://www.evaisbusy.blogspot.de/2014/03/books-and-bags-bucher-und-tasch…

24 Jun 2014

http://www.textile-forum-blog.org/2014/06/8th-international-fiber-art-bi…

26 Jun 2014

http://www.handimania.com/knit/30-minute-infinity-scarf.html

28 Jun 2014

beading loom for weaving

28 Jun 2014

http://citb.iprock.com/2012/09/21/the-three-sisters-of-fate/#.U63-FJIaySN

29 Jun 2014

http://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/23/oluwaseyi-sosanya-invents-3d-weaving-ma…

29 Jun 2014

http://thetextileblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/paul-klee-inspirational-artis…

2 Jul 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/anneke-kersten-colours-landscapes-and-geome…

4 Jul 2014

http://issuu.com/directdesign/docs/radical_thread_sample?e=1363289%2F207… radical thread – 62 group book sample

4 Jul 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/terry-jarrard-dimond-seeing-the-connections/

5 Jul 2014

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-red-dragons-blood-180951822/

7 Jul 2014

http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/16863/1/top-ten-cult-fashion…

12 Jul 2014

http://gelliarts.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/gelli-printing-techniques-on-fa…
http://www.pinterest.com/gelliarts/textile-arts-fabric-printing-and-ideas/

12 Jul 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/137016/a-san-francisco-school-with-an-artistic-…

13 Jul 2014

http://artthreads.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/silk-painting-class-3.html

14 Jul 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/134079/the-durable-modernism-of-bridget-riley/

15 Jul 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/134957/the-birth-and-education-of-judy-chicago/

16 Jul 2014

http://www.sophiestandingart.com/gallery-sophie-standing-art-textile-emb…

31 Jul 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/139236/moku-hanga-the-art-of-japanese-woodblock…

1 Aug 2014

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-pants-worn-horse-riders-3000-y…

3 Aug 2014

http://patternobserver.com

http://elainelipsonart.com/2014/08/02/my-collection-of-books-on-pattern-…

20 Aug 2014

http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/03/tiny-flying-robots-are-being-built-to-…

20 Aug 2014

http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/08/19/the-art-of-marbling/
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41241/41241-h/41241-h.htm

On 20 August 2014 12:51, wrote:
http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/03/tiny-flying-robots-are-being-built-to-…

24 Aug 2014

http://www.wstatextiles.com/wp/city-and-guilds-level-1-and-level-2-creat…

12 Sep 2014

junko oki
https://www.facebook.com/MisterFinchTextileArt/photos/a.116679208507137….

http://bookletlibrary.org/o/oki-junko/

14 Sep 2014

http://www.parkablogs.com/tags/art-tools-and-gears

15 Sep 2014

http://hyperallergic.com/148781/beer-with-a-painter-eric-aho/

16 Sep 2014

http://www.textileartist.org/nike-schroeder-drawing-without-pen
http://www.textileartist.org/debbie-smyth-inspired-memories-3

17 Sep 2014

i thought this post on Helen Terry’s blog was interesting. she shows some of her sketches, prints, colour/dyeing experiments whilst she works out what to work on next. it’s good to see how established artists work too.
http://www.helenterryart.co.uk/blog/2014/9/14/hiatus

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Assignment 1

November 2, 2013 kath 1 Comment

Textiles 1 — A Creative Approach — Assignment 1
student name: Kathleen (Kath) O’Donnell
student number: 511607

Assignment 1 — Reflective Commentary
(based on assessment criteria points)
also available as a downloadable PDF file — 77Kb, 2 pages

Demonstration of Technical and Visual Skills materials, techniques, observational skills, visual awareness, design and compositional skills
Whilst working on the class exercises, I learnt many new techniques, including mark-making with various materials, hand embroidery stitches and how to do machine embroidery. I began to see patterns and marks whilst I walked around the city, and began to see shapes that could look interesting when stitched. Once I learnt a few embroidery stitches, I began to see them everywhere in the streets, in my hotel rooms and in in ordinary, pataphysical objects. I’m still working on my sketching, as I still don’t feel as confident doing this, but I enjoy taking photographs of different patterns instead. The class exercises did help in “freeing up” my drawing skills and ways of thinking.

Quality of Outcome content, application of knowledge, presentation of work in a coherent manner, discernment, conceptualisation of thoughts, communication of ideas
I am happy with how some of the embroidery / stitching mark making exercises turned out, and the one’s I don’t think are very good I am treating as practice exercises in freeing up my thinking and work leading up to the final samples. In a couple of the exercises I couldn’t stop at the sample — I had to finish a piece as I wanted to see how it would look and if I could manage to translate the image in my head into a finished piece. I think I need to practice presentation of the work on my blog — in most cases I posted photographs or scans of them and often they are too large for the page, and there is little text describing them. I feel I need to work more on writing descriptions of the work and techniques.

Demonstration of Creativity imagination, experimentation, invention, development of a personal voice
I tried to experiment with some of the mark-making techniques in the exercises using paints, paper, and threads and stitches. I was following the guidelines of the exercises and some of the books and websites I’d visited, but these did lead to some experimentation that I thought of myself, such as the final embroidery exercises where I experimented with circles and stitches to create small art-samples.

Context reflection, research, critical thinking (learning log)
I enjoyed researching different artists and noticing the strokes in their paintings, such as the short lines that make up lines and swirls in Van Gogh’s Night Paintings series. Also I read about some of the female artists from the Bauhaus Weaving Workshop and some of Paul Klee’s work from the late 1930s – early 10490s which I think would be able to be represented in stitch as there are very pronounced lines and shapes attuned to stitches and blocks of colour in the background that could be represented by swatches of fabric layers. More recent embroidery artists I read about include Sue Stone, Junko Oki, Audrey Walker of the 62 Group in the UK. Once again, I feel I need to work more on writing up my ideas after reading about other artists’ work so I can note what catches my eye about their work.

Sketchbook
Sketchbook — downloadable PDF version (up until November 2013 – 35Mb – 50 pages)

Class exercises
here are a couple of ways to view my class exercises:

1. View or Download PDF File of all my class exercises (blog pages) : Assignment1 – class exercises and blog sample work — downloadable PDF file (PDF file ::: 9Mb ::: 113 pages)

or
2. View directly on my blog via the following links:
Project 1 — Making marks

Stage 2 — Making marks in an expressive way
Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Stage 3 — Using marks to create surface textures
Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Stage 4 — Working from your sketchbooks
Review

Project 2 — Developing your marks

Stage 1 — Preparation

Stage 2 — Exploring marks and lines through stitch techniques

Stage 3 — A Sample

Stage 4 — Preparing to create textures

Stage 5 — Stitches which create texture

Stage 6 — Using thread and yarns to create textures

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Using thread and yarns to create textures

November 1, 2013 kath Leave a comment

A Creative Approach — Project 2 Developing your marks — Stage 6 — Using thread and yarns to create textures

In this exercise we had to use different threads and yarns to create textures.

front side:

rear side:

I tried another – with different layers of fabric, different stitches and different/multiple threads of varying weights.

close ups:

rear side:

I had made some small sketches (finding I like the A5 size, small but handy to carry around), so the stitching above is based on some of the shapes in these sketches.

Reflection:

• Can you begin to see the relationship between stitching and drawing?
yes, definitely. I can see it more and more since working on these exercises. I think I have even started to draw/sketch with stitching in mind.

• Were you able to choose stitches which expressed the marks and lines of your drawings?
yes, I learnt a few stitches including running stitch, back stitch, blanket stitch, stem stitch, chain stitch, cretan stitch, satin stitch and was able to adapt some of these to match the marks in some of my sketches.

• Did you choose the right source material to work from?
I think I chose the correct sketches to work from. though they were new sketches that I’d drawn after doing some of the embroidery exercises previously. I’m not sure that most of my previous source material (mark making exercises) were suited to stitching — I can see how some of them might work well as stitched pieces, but not all of them.

• Do you think your sample works well irrespective of the drawing? Or is your sample
merely a good interpretation of your drawing?
yes, I like my sample as a standalone piece even if it wasn’t based on some of the shapes in the mark making sketches. I think it has interesting shapes and styles. I tried a few different stitches and threads of varying weights and colours which I think adds interest to the piece and makes a person look more closely at it to see the detail and to see the mistakes/hand made properties of it.

• Which did you prefer – working with stitch to create textures or working with yarns
to make textures? Which worked best for you and why?
I preferred working with stitches to create textures as I could layer the stitches and combine them in different shapes and patterns. I only had limited materials/threads with me (whilst traveling) so I felt my combinations of different yarn types was more limiting. also, some of the couching using gold foil paper was so delicate that the foil ripped easily which made it harder to work with.

• Make some comments on individual techniques and sample pieces. Did you
experiment enough? Did you feel inhibited in any way? Fix them into your sketchbook
if you want to or start a separate book of sample references.
my favourite technique was using blanket stitch in circles (based on Junko Oki’s work — though mine ended up looking different to hers). it was fun to stitch circles and change the direction of the stitch rows slightly so they were more organically aligned. I think I experimented with a few new stitches (new to me), but I probably could have tried more materials and threads. it’s just I was enjoying making the circles so much I didn’t worry too much about trying more threads (plus, the limited supply of them in my travel case).

• Do you prefer to work from a drawing or by playing with materials and yarns to
create effects? Which method produced the most interesting work?
I prefer to play with the materials, yarns and stitches and see what they lead me to rather than doing a sketch first. I think my casual experimentation worked best.

• Are there other techniques you would like to try? Are there any samples you would
like to do in a different way?
I’d like to try more Japanese darning and creating netting. with the samples, I’d make them similar again, though I would try having some as they are and others with more overlapping layers. I didn’t add too many layers to the samples at this stage because I liked how they turned out. but this means that I missed out on seeing how they would look with layered stitches on top of each other.

• Is there anything you would like to change in your work? If so, make notes for future
reference.
yes, add more layers, and try different sized circles. I’d like to try some netting also. and also a portrait, or image from a photo where I convert to greyscale/black&white and then enhance the outlines and try stitch that. ie something more realistic.

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circle stitching

October 2, 2013 kath Leave a comment

well, I was trying a knit-a-year project but since I don’t have much yarn here (on overseas trips) and have been more interested in stitching and embroidery lately, I’ve decided to shift to a stitch-a-day project instead. I might use my other blog for another project so will relocate the articles here (or add to the previous post).

my first attempt – I’ve been totally inspired by the work of Junko Oki and since attempting to stitch circles in a modified blanket stitch, I can see more clearly just how fine and free her beautiful stitching is. mine feels large and clumsy in comparison, so I will need to practice more to create smaller stitches. also, I need to bring more fabric to use as a background as on this trip I only have some calico, and a couple of coloured threads.

there’s lots of circles & other textures in the hotel room. the carpet has concentric circles – a bit like the Maori koru shape. I like the red crushed velvet lounge chair in the room too – it has some nice lines and shapes in the shadows

06/10 update:
I stitched some more circles and other shapes this weekend

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Junko Oki – stitching circles

September 29, 2013 kath 3 Comments

tonight I’ve been taking a look at embroidery by Junko Oki – she has some beautiful pieces. I love her use of circles and lines.

I emailed her to order a copy of her new book, “Culte a la Carte” (I think her first book has sold out), and mentioned I was doing a textiles course and had been enjoying embroidery. I asked if hers was all stitched by hand or mixed with machine embroidery too. she responded,

“I’m glad to you interested in my work.
My work is stitched by hand all.
I do not have that you have to study about embroidery .
I have the feeling produced in like writing a picture.”

the circles are intricate rows of fine blanket stitch, with lines in running stitch and some feather stitch. lots of “sun” themes. I’m really loving it. the imperfections and textures created by the stitching mixed with the choice of textures and colours of the fabrics as the backgrounds. I’m looking forward to the book arriving so I can see more of her work.

I love some of the backside stitches, ie via February 2012:

from Dee’s Hall from October 2012 – a lovely portrait of a woman’s profile.

& a closeup of the spheres from April 2013

I love this one, with the stripey, business shirt or crisp new bed linen / sheets type pleats, darts, gathers & smocking to create movement and shape in 3D, and how the stitched parts of the fabric are chaotic and textured with layers of white and black threads, and complemented with the reddish-brown layer – they draw the eye in and let you explore the stitches as well as the joins of the different fabrics, and edges of the fabric. I love the ripped / torn edges on the lower part of the piece. there’s a range of sewing techniques shown around the edges of the stitching, and decorated & highlighted by the stitches. the top of the photo shows order and crispness with a starch ironed feel which reminds me of work / business shirts, whilst the bottom of the photo shows more flowing, free & lighter fabrics for holidays and home wear. to me it feels like it’s a mix of the fabrics of a life, and the phases of our lives.

rainy today from october 2012 also.

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classwork whilst away

September 17, 2013 kath Leave a comment

I’ve been away from my class materials since working on this new work project. which means I haven’t had as much fabric, paints, threads, the sewing machine etc to work with. I found an app called art set on the itunes app store and tried it out on the flight home last week. it’s pretty good. it has a large range of colours, and background “paper” with different textures and colours and weights – actually more than I have at home. plus multiple pens, pencils, felt pens, paints, crayons, sponges, erasers, water for smudging edges, and the app is really easy to use. it’s not the same as using the materials by hand of course, but I think it does replicate the styles / effects the materials have quite well. and it was only 99cents. wish I’d known about this prior to spending a couple of hundred dollars on a much smaller range of pens and paints! I tried a few simple mark making exercises, then I took a photo from the front airplane camera (was my first time on an A380 & it has camera views on the tv/entertainment system – a view from the front of the plane, below near the wings, and looking towards the tail of the plane) and made a drawing of the view.

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knit a year

September 10, 2013 kath Leave a comment

I’m going to try the knit a year project after hearing about it from Michelle from Reef Knot (& recently 107 projects). the aim is to knit a minimum of 2 rows each day, using a different colour to reflect my mood for the day & leaving a thread at the edge of the piece to show the start of each day

http://knitayear.ning.com

knitrageous has written a great post about the project – she travels also so has similar issues to me, ie not having your yarn stash with you all the time.
I think it’ll be an exploration in colour and texture – perhaps I’ll add some embroidery over the yarn, or try some weaving also.

as I’m traveling at the moment, I don’t have my yarn stash available so I brought some multi-coloured sock yarn with me and will use different colours from this whilst away. it means cutting up the yarn and thereby ruining the skein but this should be OK – I can always join threads if needs be.

I cast on 23 stitches, which is different to the instructions, but 23 has a bit of maybe logic flavour to it. I think I’ll leave tails on both sides too
traveling yarn stash

day1: I chose the blue for day 1 as I’d woken at 3:15am to catch a 6:30am flight to Auckland, and had napped briefly on the flight but was surprisingly still awake when I began. though due to the hypnotic, relaxing state of knitting the rows, I was nodding off before the end of row 2, so it was a slow start to the project!
day1 – knit a year

day2: I chose a dark, muted green coloured yarn as I was so tired – the whole day was spent in a fog. it felt like the world was muted for me.

day3: I had really good news today – finding out that my friend is pregnant so I chose the brightest, happiest colour I have here – gold. after I’d done a few rows the gold started to become more brown than gold so I stopped early.
days1-3

day4: today was a mixed day, I woke to the news of friend posting on facebook that his mother – who suffered from cancer had passed away. a good day at work. my friend’s birthday. another couple of friends’ 21st wedding anniversary. so I started with blue, but the yarn changed to a purple/grey colour.
during week2

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hotel room patterns

September 10, 2013 kath Leave a comment

I’ve been staying in the same hotel for the past few weeks in Auckland, in different rooms each trip. I have been noticing the different patterns in the furnishings and textiles in the room. the room I’m in now has a mixture of lines and circles – none of them perfectly shaped. they have a nice feel about them, and match the nearby building’s outer surfaces too. the carpet lines in the corridors flow through to match the blanket on the bed which has similar curves stitched onto the ends of the blanket.

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Globe service

September 8, 2013 kath 1 Comment

I put the sewing machine in for a service at Chatswood Sewing Centre prior to my work trip & collected it on saturday. it’s working much better! the dropped stitches problem from my previous attempts has been fixed – apparently this is caused by the timing being out, so the position of the bobbin & needle are mismatched which cause it to drop stitches intermittently.

I tried some machine embroidery and had much better results too! I haven’t worked out the full control of the machine in freehand mode but I made some marks with it, and some circles. I also did another test swatch with straight stitches (in normal sewing mode) and the decorative stitches, and they’re all looking much better.

the fabric is bunching a bit with the stitches. I just grabbed the first scrap of fabric from one of my bags, so I’ll have to try some plain cotton too to see if that helps. also I think I need to guide the fabric more carefully and perhaps hold it taut more whilst moving it around, so it doesn’t bunch up more.
zoomed in: (I need to rescan this – the scan came out blurry in parts)

I really like the stitches underneath the fabric too (rear view). I’ve been reading a book by …(fill in during week) and noticed that she often uses the technique of machine embroidery on the wrong side of the fabric and turning it over. this might be something to practice more. I won’t have access to the machine for a while but will try this again.
zoomed in: (I need to rescan this – the scan came out blurry in parts)

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