'Of Salt and Spirit' Celebrates the Legacy of Black Southern Quilters
The Sufrah, a prevalent household item in Muslim homes in Kerala, was a round woven mat used to set the stage for communal meals. People would gather and share food around the Sufrah.
Our project, Around The Sufrah, draws inspiration from this cultural artifact. It is a participatory and collaborative visual research endeavour with the objective of... See more
Our project, Around The Sufrah, draws inspiration from this cultural artifact. It is a participatory and collaborative visual research endeavour with the objective of... See more
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There's an exhibition currently on at the RWA gallery called Soft Power and it's entirely textile based art. It's deep, powerful and full of storytelling.
There's 2 photographs by Maryam Wahid, one of a brown skinned woman with a beautiful orange-yellow gown, posing on a chair in an old building. The quote from the artist reads:
"In this series I
... See more“From an early age, girls sat with their grandmothers, mothers, and aunts, learning how to stitch, tie knots, and select fabrics for quilts that would be passed down through the years. It wasn’t just about making something to cover the bed—it was about learning the art of crafting something from nothing, of making do with what you had, and of
... See moreOn page 20 of the album a cotton dress fragment belonging to Mercy Taylor is described as being ‘printed at Primrose’. It is a shaded ombré – the process of colours graduating into one another – fading from the brightest magenta through to a paler shade and cut through at intervals with a wavy stripe in emerald green. If the four inches of fabric
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