Clothing
Craft is contemporary because it is progressive, because creating things by hand yourself proposes an alternative microeconomic of local making, a system of exchange more akin to bartering with its emphasis on trade and tactile connections to supply-and-demand. It is environmentally conscious and respectful of the earth's diminishing resources. Cra
... See moreJulia Bryan-Wilson • Eleven propositions to the question: What is contemporary about craft?
"Actually kind of the most anti-consumer thing that you can do is teach a seventh grader how to make their own clothes or dye something from a waste of something else"
- Sasha Duerr on Botanical Colors Feedback Friday: Mapping Color with Sasha Duerr + Maibe Maroccolo
Making Things As A Subversion Of Neoliberalism
I watched this really thought-provoking video:
https://youtu.be/JZsGjQurxDc?si=eOE78IS5XgMTW7PN
that details all the ways which knitting or making things subverts neoliberalism. It got me thinking about my own connection to sustainability and slowness and agency.
I think it's very interesting how Virginia
... See moreThere'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 re
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