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"Of Paint and Clay" White Ceramic Vase'Of Paint and Clay' white ceramic vase by Sue Blair of Borgh Pottery. Part of the 2024 exhibition "Of Paint and Clay", with pieces from Sue Blair and…
The Calanais Standing Stones are an extraordinary cross-shaped setting of stones erected 5,000 years ago. They predate England’s famous Stonehenge…
Standing Stones from Calanais Stone Cricle 1
Standing Stones from Calanais Stone Cricle 1
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A RuralSpot in Scotland was held at Clan MacQuarrie Community Centre. Makers and stakeholders were invited to participate in discussions with the…
All the Culturality partners met up in the Isle of Lewis to share their updates, next steps in the work packages, and participate in a workshop about…
Lofoten, Lufoahtta (Lule Sami), or Lufuohttá (Northern Sami) is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten…
Asturias officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the province of Asturias…
Black Logo| Yellow Broom | Lighting , Product Design + Fabrication Creators of bespoke design based utilitarian piece. We are a two person collaboration based…
The historical province of Värmland in Sweden has a long, rich history of both natural and cultural heritage, which has often been intimately…
UTcraftsperson1A portrait of UTcraftsperson1
Agnieszka Golda, Jo Law, and Martin Johnson, “Twilight State and the Edges of Darkness”, (2016)
Rural areas, women, and textile crafts. “A woman weaving a blanket” by Paul Kane (ca. 1850)
The textile industry and its pollution since the Industrial Revolution. Barbour’s flax thread works
Textiles and women in non-european cultures. “The Making of Silk Fabric” by Wang Juzheng (Northern Song Dynasty, 960–1127)
Women and children working at large cotton manufacturing machines
In both historical visual documents and mythology, we can observe how this knowledge was passed down from mothers to daughters, also in the upper classes, who reserved certain tasks like embroidery for the maids while engaging in other activities like wool carding. Illustration of women of different ages performing household task (cooking and spinning and carding wool) from The costume of Yorkshire (1814)
The textile linked toand a tool: woman spinning“Spinning wheel”women as both an attribute and seducing a man. by Adolphe Weisz (ca. 1850)
Woman spinning during October calendar on a Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1185)
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Workshop of Monika Hint Viljandi county
Monika Hint
Viljandi county, Estonia
House and workshop of Dominica Stan and Stan Maria, Vima Mare village
Stan Maria
Dominica Stan with her grandsons
Țara Lăpușului, Vima Mare village, Maramures, Romania
Workshop of Cvetke Žiri Lacemaking Society, Upper Carniola
Cvetke Žiri Lacemaking Society
Upper Carniola, Municipality of Žiri, Slovenia
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Workshop of Cap_able
Rachele Didero and Federica Busani, Cap_able
Treviso, Veneto, Italy
Franciacorta, Brescia, Italy
Workshop of Lofoten wool, Lofoten
Ragnhild Lie, Lofoten wool
Lofoten, Noruega
Workshop of Therese Henner, Arvika
Therese Henner
Brunskog,Sweden, Arvika
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Workshop of Sam Goates, Moray
Sam Goates, Woven in the Bone
Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Timespan Knitting Group
Helmsdale, East Sutherland, Highlands of Scotland, United Kingdom
Workshop of Timespan Knitting Group, Helmsdale
Workshop of the artisans from Casa da Lã group in Cabeceiras de Basto
Artisans of Casa da Lã group
Helena Cardoso
Cabeceiras de Basto, Bucos, Portugal
Workshop of the Laboratorio Biomimético, Sobrescobio
Workshop of made by kÖs, Pillarmo
Laboratorio Biomimético-ARBIO, Marlén López and Manuel Persa
made by kÖs, Constantino Menéndez and Yolanda González
Sobrescobio, Asturias, Spain
Pillarmo, Asturias, Spain
Workshop of Paz Mesa in Les Regueres
Paz Mesa
Les Regueres, Asturias, SpainMonika Hint, an student of the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy, runs her own studio, Koordikamber, in Koordi farm in Viljandi county.…
A pouch made of a ram’s scrotumThe items are part of a girl’s traditional costume. Historically the girls of the ethnographic area of Lăpuș used to wear such clothing attire as…
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Decorative lace doilyInspired by a discussion with a UC Berkeley engineer on privacy and human rights at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Rachele Didero developed the…
Manifesto Collection by Cap_ableTextile artisan Ragnhild Lie discovered that most of the wool from the area was being sent out of the country while people were knitting with…
Anna jumper
Skäktefallstrålar (Rays of scutching tow)The weaver draws inspiration from the landscape and rich culture of Scotland. As Sam stated: “I follow a well trodden path that continues to draw…
Cullen Woven Tweed ClothHelena Cardoso is a Portuguese designer and visual artist. Cardoso has worked since the late ‘70s, with several artisans specialising in different…
Bed Blanket Coat “Manta da Cama CoatPaz Mesa had her first contact with textile crafts through her mother, who taught her how to spin the wool of her own flock of Xalda sheep; a task…
Marlén, biodigital architect and Manuel, biodigital designer and craftsman, make up the Laboratorio Biomimético, a project based on biomimesis, that…
Faltriquera
Pillow Xalda CollectionPhD researcher evaluating how digital tools can help look at cultural landscapes holistically in order to better inform practices related to heritage…
University of St Andrews Open Virtual Worlds research group
I am the Community Outreach Officer for the West Highland Museum
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