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Alice Kettle: Thread Bearing Witness, the Whitworth, Manchester
Alice Kettle: Thread Bearing Witness, the Whitworth, Manchester
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Syrian women refugee stitching group in Shrewsbury
Virginia and all at Kitchen Table Conversation and Crafts Projects. We are made up of 9 Syrian and 5 English women and have been meeting up since last summer and gather fortnightly. This provides a much needed and enjoyed social time away from the family and a time...
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Tree stitching in school
Thank you to all the schools who have made such beautiful trees. Thank you staff and pupils for you wonderful contributions. here are some recent ones from schools in Godmanchester and in Sale. ...
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Susan
I am working with Susan. She is producing remarkable...
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Stitching up Trees
The Forest is growing with contributions from all over the world. It is beautiful.
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Artwork progress Ground
The second work that accompanies SEA is progressing. It is made up of contributions of drawings given to me from those I have met or been working with. In this work I am the fabricator, the pattern maker of images that collectively make one world, one textile...
read moreThe Sound of Syria
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b090293d Four Thought Syrian qanun virtuoso Maya Youssef explains why - to her - music is "the opposite of death" in this powerful and poignant talk. Producer: Richard...
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Travelling Heritage Bureau
The first workshop held at the Portico Library Manchester, with Digital Women's Archive North, to launch the project with international women artists, based in Manchester. A series of workshops led by Jenna Ashton, will follow, in a variety of museum, gallery and...
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Lesvos Solidarity
Tamsin and I have been in Lesvos to work in a camp run by Lesvos Solidarity, a remarkable organisation.
read moreSyrian textiles: threads of influence between east and west
Lama and Amal in conversation with Alice on the role of textiles in Syrian culture and why some traditions have been lost. Lama: Syria was the silk road centre – it was a connection between the east and the west. The people were merchants and producers; they loved...
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