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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Knitty Gritty
Back in Touchstones for a session to coincide with the monthy knitting group. Alison Slater came along and shared some of her findings on the historical quilt with the group. As usual people came and went, I sewed a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity shop, community cohesion, craftivism, crafts, embroidery, identity, Knitting, participation, Rochdale, signatures, social engagement, Textile, Touchstones
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Touchstones
Saturday saw us in the cafe area of Touchstones, it was actually the first session in the gallery and great to see that word is spreading about the project. All the sewing packs I left on the desk have gone … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, community cohesion, embroidery, identity, India, participation, quiltmaking, Rochdale, social engagement, Tehran, Touchstones, Vermont
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Sew your own
Trying out a few ideas now that I have a substantial number of signatures to play with. Always a nice challenge, exploring different compositions and permutations. The vast range of signature cloths I have researched in museums come to mind … Continue reading
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Tagged craftivism, identity, participation, petition, recycled, Rochdale, Sew, signatures, Textile, Touchstones
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Middleton Library
My afternoon was spent in Middleton, the area feels very village like. The Old Boars Head opposite the library dates back to the 1600’s and the church is perched on a hill behind. The wooden tower on the church is … Continue reading
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Tagged identity, library, Middleton, MIF, participation, Peterloo, Samuel Bamford, Sewing, signatures
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Darnhill
Yesterday I made my first visit to Darnhill near Heywood, my Greater Manchester A-Z proved its worth again. I know a sat nav would be a great help, but I do love pouring over maps. The places names tell you … Continue reading
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Tagged Community centre, embroidery, fundraiser, identity, participation, signatures
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One hundred not out
We have now collected over one hundred signatures. Today I have been transcribing some of those from the staff at Touchstones, looking at the range can I tell the gender of these individuals by the style of written signature? I … Continue reading
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Tagged common surnames, identity, Philip Hensher, Sewing, signatures, social engagement, Touchstones
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Heywood
This week saw me in Heywood, somewhere I have never been before, I spotted this lovely floral display outside the church – reminds me it is well dressing season in Derbyshire. My first session was in the library, yet again … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity shop, Heywood, library, mayor, participation, Sewing, signatures, Textile, well dressing
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Deeplish Community Centre
I On Tuesday I returned to Deeplish, partly as the group were so keen to do more sewing and also because Ramadan is starting next weekand having collected so many drawn signatures I needed help converting them to stitch. We had … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Charity shop, Community centre, crafts, Needlework, participation, Rochdale, Sew, social engagement, Touchstones
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Nye Bevan House and Milnrow Library
Monday saw me out and about again, I do feel like an explorer travelling between venues or even an anthropologist doing “field work”. I love the fact that I am starting to see how places join up and the mix of … Continue reading
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Tagged identity, Levenshulme, Milnrow, National Health Service, outsider art, Rochdale, signatures, social engagement, Wellcome Trust
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