The ‘Sensing Culture – The Mark of the Maker’ exhibition is still on show in the Front Room Gallery at The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury, Kent, England. To quote the publicity it is “A stunning exhibition by people with sight loss, created in workshops led by artists Wendy Daws and Claire Buckley […]
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Sensing Culture – the Mark of the Maker
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Tagged Canterbury Cathedral, Education, Exhibition, HLF, RNIB, The Beaney, Visually Impaired People
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Sensing Culture – working with the Guide Dogs
As someone who does not have a dog and has no real experience of dogs; it has been an eye-opening experience for me to be working with the guide dogs who accompany some of the participants in the Sensing Culture project I am delivering with the Cathedral and The Beaney in Canterbury. The work is […]
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Canterbury, Kent – Sensing Culture through textiles
In my last post I talked about the background to the planning of the textile workshops I am leading for the Sensing Culture project with Canterbury Cathedral and The Beaney- House of Art & Knowledge. To book the workshop places please see these links http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/news/ http://canterburymuseums.co.uk/whats-on/categories/workshop-events/ The textile workshops are for Visually Impaired People […]
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Tagged Canterbury Cathedral, Free workshops, RNIB, stitches, The Beaney, Visually Impaired People
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Sensing Culture -RNIB/HLF project – Canterbury, Kent
I have been busy this year working towards the Sensing Culture Project at The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, and Canterbury Cathedral. The project involves working with visually impaired people (VIP’s) to explore the collections and spaces in order to make textiles that will be part of an exhibition at The Beaney Front Room […]
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Tagged Canterbury Cathedral, hand embroidery, HLF, RNIB, Sensory workshops, The Beaney, Visually Impaired People
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World collections- Bexhill Museum
Last month I lead a course looking at the World Collections at Bexhill Museum, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. The group used the collection to inspire their embroidered book jackets. The displays re part of the Uniques project which aims at uncovering Ethnography in Kent and Sussex. www.uniquesproject.org.uk Here are the results of the 5 week Embroidery course-
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Tagged Bexhill Museum, embroidery, ethnography, India, Sketchbooks, stitches, Sussex, Vintage fabrics
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