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Monthly Archives: January 2013
“Trace a path that others can follow”
“Trace a path that others can follow” Continuing my review of the needle is always at hand tour last year… The Text & Textiles Conference run by The Material Texts department at Cambridge University, September 2012 This post has two … Continue reading
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Tagged cambridge, Costume, counter tourism, dinosaur, Dress, dressmaker, Fashion, fashion is death, hands, John Keats, Keats House, Material Texts, medical, medical stitching, needle, Poetry, Regency, sewing, stitch, surgery, text, textiles, thread
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“What you see, is what you see”
“What you see, is what you see” Jasper Johns The needle is always at hand on tour Last year I toured different versions of the needle is always at hand exhibition original made for Keats House in 2011, to the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Costume Society, Art, Atlanta, Bright Star, Costume, counter tourism, Dress, exhibition, Fashion, haptic peception, John Keats, Keats, Keats House, lucky charms, mnemonic aid, photo essay, play, Poetry, Regency, sences, smell, sound, taste, touch, Tour, Travel, USA
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“My dear lady, I very much fear we have nothing under control”
I know I am hugely behind on my blog updates, I sit here looking a four neat little piles of papers ready to be written up, lets see if I can get it done over the next week… I’m going … Continue reading
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Tagged Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Christmas, Costume, Disney, Fashion, Films, Freelance, Jobs, magic, One of our dinosaurs is missing, sewing, The sword in the stone
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