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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Rochdale Library and Littleborough lacemakers
Yesterday was a very productive day. I met Alison Slater who showed me a beautiful book in the Rochdale local studies about the Royd family of Rochdale. It is a great layout with signatures of members of the family who … Continue reading
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Tagged Community centre, craft skills, identity, Littleborough, participation, quiltmaking, Rochdale, signatures, social engagement, Textile, Touchstones
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Falinge and Middleton Arena
I am thankful for my A-Z as I travel about the borough getting to know new places. The first session was a lovely group – black and ethnic minorities women from many countries including Morocco, Palestine, Algeria, India Nigeria and … Continue reading
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Tagged Algeria, Community centre, craft skills, India, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, participation, Rochdale, Sewing, signatures, social engagement, Touchstones
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Deeplish
So good to actually start work with the groups. Another last minute flash of inspiration, I decided today to make the cloth pieces postcard size so that again its easy to remember if anyone works alone, also its like everyone … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity shop, Community centre, craft skills, Rochdale, Sewing
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pillowcases
I have been mulling over what sort of cloth/fabric to use as the base material to sew the signatures onto. In Remembering Emily I went for a very light almost transparent cloth so the sewing really stood out. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity shop, crafts, Emily Davison, recycled, Rochdale, Sewing, social engagement, Textile, Touchstones, up-cycling
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ready to go
We are just finalising the timetable for workshops to create a new signature cloth (a cloth made up predominantly of sewn signatures) representing Rochdale borough today. Getting together all the visuals from a flyer to press release and pull down … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, embroidery, identity, participation, quiltmaking, Rochdale, signatures
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“signatures are..
“signatures are personal and physical inscriptions, symbolic and romantic gestures, but also visual signs that are still used today as “information” or “evidence” for verification of someone’s identity” (Shuruq Harb. 2010)
