by Alice Kettle | Jan 17, 2018 | Conversations
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... 
by Vanessa Rolf | Nov 20, 2017 | Workshops
It was the last Making Common Ground workshop on Friday. We welcomed 6 new members to the group and 6 from previous sessions, so this was our biggest set of stitchers so far. This week’s conversations were just as interesting and far-reaching. We spoke about stitch as... 
by Vanessa Rolf | Nov 15, 2017 | Workshops
The second Making Common Ground session welcomed a few new faces to the group. We continued stitching, introducing some new textiles reference points. One person had dug out a lovely book of stitch techniques to bring along. The conversation again was really...