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Following the maker’s path into the lost art of medieval embroidery
Textile maker Jacqui Carey unravels the mysteries of medieval embroidery by recreating the materials and techniques for herself, with the help of clues left by the original makers.
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Transforming the decorative into dissent
Discover how embroidered messages by two ‘troublesome’ women in 19th-century asylums are mirrored in the therapeutic quilting work of writer Rachel May.
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Aesculapius. Embroidery.
Reference: 44821i- Pictures
The Virgin of Lourdes. Embroidery, 1872.
Reference: 44861i- Archives and manuscripts
Blackburn Students Powerpoint 20/6/05. Blackburn QP Hosp Embroidery Students 20 June 2005
Date: June 2005Reference: ART/AFH/D/22Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Pictures
A female deity (?), possibly Kuan Yin, Buddhist deity of compassion. Embroidery by a Chinese artist, ca. 1800.
Date: 1800Reference: 572377i- Pictures
A female deity (?), ornately dressed and placing her right foot on a lotus blossom, accompanied by a small child. Embroidery by a Chinese artist, ca. 1800.
Date: 1800Reference: 572378i