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Have you got the scrolls explored
Have you got the scrolls? July 2011 So, this is the latest in my suite of Laura Ashley projects. This is it opened out. It must be about 4 feet long (1.2 metres?) and quite narrow. It is an...
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Threads of identity – the latest piece
Threads of Identity IV This is the finished piece mentioned in the last post. It is based around one of the very striking pieces of fabric donated by Trish Aldrick. This one has peacocks on it: Laura...
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The map is not the territory
Sketches of cotton bolls It’s strange how life surprises you sometimes. I would never have guessed, for example that I would have found myself blogging about Economic History, and how exciting it can...
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Working on Laura Ashley
I’m sorry that there hasn’t been much activity on this blog in the last ten days. That pesky day job has got in the way a bit. But the marking is more or less done now, and it’s on with the research...
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Laura Ashley Sample Book of Secrets
After much deliberation I finally decided how to present the Laura Ashley sample quilts that I wrote about on the blog towards the end of last year. These are tiny little pieces using up the very...
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What I did at the weekend
There is a tiny hiatus in the marking and so I thought that I would recommend an exhibition to those of you who live in the South-West of England, The Brunel Broderers‘ Curiously Enough. The...
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Just so you know…
There will be a short hiatus on this blog as I am going to the annual conference (www.SCOS.org) of the scholarly organisation of which I am currently chair. So there won’t be much going on here...
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Ghost dolls at Hawkwood
I have spent most of the week at Hawkwood College just outside Stroud, Gloucestershire, on a writing retreat. I’ve been to Hawkwood before and I knew that it had a real shabby chic style in the main...
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Telling Tales – Bath Textile Artists’ New Show at Bristol Guild
It’s an exciting day today – the Bath Textile Artists’ exhibition at Bristol Guild ‘goes up’. I have to drop off my my work at 10.00 am. This is our first big exhibition for a while, and features...
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I’m still here
I am aware that I have not posted much recently. This is because of the hailstorm of deadlines for academic pieces of work that I have had to meet – some more successfully than others. I have been...
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Thinking about dolls – research in progress
Two posts today as this one is very much from the academic quilter. I thought I should leaven the lump with some pictures on a second one. This post is about the work I have been doing on dolls. As...
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My visit to the Oxford Embroiderers
Iffley Church Hall, Oxford As part of my academic work, I am committed to the idea of sharing my research beyond academic journals and conferences, which is known as ‘Public Engagement’ in the trade....
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What I did at the weekend part I
Apologies about the gap in blogging. The end of term is always surprisingly busy with everyone trying to get things finished so that students can get ready for their examinations. At the end of...
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A post as much for me as you
Today is a momentous day. I have finally started work towards my book. I have sat down and written out plans before for a book which all came to nothing, because I think books have to be ‘ready’...
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Latest additions to my Laura Ashley project
First of all, I am very sorry about the long gap between this post and the last one. I know a high proportion of people like to read the blog on Sunday afternoons, and I haven’t been providing you...
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Public engagement – Thinking Futures Workshop and Glamorgan Quilters
It has been one of the busiest two weeks of my life, which is why I haven’t posted anything recently. First my lovely PhD student, Zara, had her viva. Although this is her oral exam on her thesis, I...
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The Red Thread
When I wrote about the panel shown above, I mentioned the red thread. I thought it might be worth describing it in a bit more detail. It is a red thread which in other cultures binds us all together...
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