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Category Archives: textiles
The Shetland Gallery
Up here in the north, we are very lucky to have the new Shetland Gallery, showing the best of Shetland art and craft from the stylish space in Yell. Shona and Alan have just launched their new website; have a … Continue reading
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Our summer textile plans
It is going to be a season of activity this year in Sellafirth. Sarah Dearlove is back this week for a couple of months to do more on her PhD which is looking at Shetland weaving, and we also have … Continue reading
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71000 knitted squares and a challenge
Alzheimer Scotland and Shetland Arts have teamed up to bring us a world-record attempt. If you fancy being part of the challenge to raise awareness of dementia, you could contribute a knitted series of ten 10cm x 10cm squares or … Continue reading
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Birds, real and imagined…
Summer is the time for birds and visitors, and this week we have had a few of both from England, some from Orkney and one or two from further afield. Overhead, the larks are singing and the curlews are calling … Continue reading
Collect this weekend…
If you are in London this weekend, pay a visit to Collect, the Crafts Council’s contemporary craft showcase. Collect is at the Saatchi Gallery from 11th May to the 14th, and is quite simply, the best place to see and … Continue reading
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Manufacturing…
Well, you wait for opportunities and suddenly loads come all at once. Next weekend, there is a morning business event about manufacturing which includes talks by Cecil Tait of Paperwark, Jay Hawkins of Shetland Cheese, and Joanna Hunter of Ninian. The … Continue reading
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Readying us all for autumn and winter 2013!
This June, the ever-popular trend workshops by Anne Ritchie are coming up. Anne is joined by Anne Ferguson who will be giving a colour workshop, and these look really great events for anyone who is in fashion or wants to … Continue reading
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Weavers we know – Lucy McMullen
Lucy was one of the first people I met in the weaving world, and we spent some time with her both in Arundel where Lucy was one of the ASF Fellows, and also in Shetland. Lucy’s introduction to us was … Continue reading
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Music and patterns
I love to hear and work with the links between music and textiles, and this all stems from seeing Fantastia when I was a child. However, a small book I purchased a few years back has me captivated all over … Continue reading
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New book…Stitches and Strokes
I have added a new book to the collection at ASF Shetland. Pauliina Turakka Purhonen‘s Stitches and Strokes. Turakka Puhonen’s work needs to be seen to be believed and this is a good second best if you cannot get to … Continue reading
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