BRENDA M KING PRIZE for CRITICAL WRITING in TEXTILES. First Prize. 2023. TEXTILE SOCIETY

TEXTILE ARTIST

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Soft hardware Reverse applique with free machine e

Soft hardware
Reverse applique with free machine embroidery
#freepalestine

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The children in custody report by the inspectorate

The children in custody report by the inspectorate found that young offenders spent “far too long alone in their cells.”
Almost a third of those who spend less than two hours unlocked each day are “doing absolutely nothing with their time in custody,”

Prison Blanket. 100cm x 150cm
free machine embroidery on felt
#prisonreform

AGITATE @britishtextilebiennial @alexandermaveri

AGITATE

@britishtextilebiennial
@alexandermaverickhome
#workingclasshistory

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El Socialismo es el Camino la Verdad y la Luz (det

El Socialismo es el Camino la Verdad y la Luz (detail).
Reverse applique with free machine embroidery
75cm x 150cm
#socialism
#noneoliberalismo

Wealth and privilege are most easily defended when

Wealth and privilege are most easily defended when they are possessed jointly.
George Orwell
#embroidery

Lino print 45cm x 60cm #battleoforgreave #working

Lino print
45cm x 60cm
#battleoforgreave
#workingclasshistory
#pattern
#print

Groups of young people glide through the streets p

Groups of young people glide through the streets pulling wheelies, doing tricks, and weaving through the traffic. Coming together as family, roll as one.
#community
#workingclasshistory
#embroidery

The production of space. The Morecambe Riso Press

The production of space.
The Morecambe Riso Press at Good Things Studio.
@morecamberisopress
@charlottedone
@goodthingscic
#risopress
#leferbvre

Thanks to the Textile Society for awarding me this

Thanks to the Textile Society for awarding me this year's first prize in the Dr. Brenda King Prize for Critical Writing for my essay A Stitch in Time: a textile work unpicking our prison system.
Although I left school with no paper qualifications I fell in love with art and a belief in social justice. This prestigious prize for writing illustrates 'where there's a will...'
@the_textile_society
#criticalwriting
#prisonreform
#socialjustice
#embroidery

Preceding the 1948 British- Mandate in Palestine,

Preceding the 1948 British- Mandate in Palestine, the use of the traditional embroidery known as Tatreez was a skill passed through generations in which each region, town and village had its own unique style of this type of cross stitch; expressing the wearer’s status, wealth and geographical origin. Using the needlework skills gained through generations of practice, Palestinian women began to depict cartographic representations of pre- 1948 Palestine. These maps celebrate the diversity of styles, symbols and colour of the many regions that now work together in cultural unity, beginning when large numbers of Palestinians moved into refugee camps and regional separations broke down.
These embroideries became a stitched narrative in the power struggle between Palestine and Israel over land rights. Using first hand experiences from interviews with women involved in the making of the Palestinian embroidered maps allowed narratives that showed a shared view and political solidarities. The communal sharing of these textile maps, predominantly within the circle of friends and family, brought with it a ‘grieving creativity’ for a displaced people.
(extract from my thesis)
@LICA
#freepalestine
#tatreez
#embroidery

Still excited about this commission for the new Ke

Still excited about this commission for the new Ken Loach film.
A dream comes true being associated with one of the greatest advocates of the working classes.
#kenloach
#theoldoak
@studiocanaluk

It really is time to join a union #union #sociali

It really is time to join a union

#union
#socialism
#stopthetories
#embroidery

When ministers could be promoting public transport

When ministers could be promoting public transport, cycling and walking as cheap sustainable options in a cost of living and climate crisis, they’re entrenching congestion and reliance on driving for short, local journeys.
#20milesperhour
#embroidery

THE OLD OAK is released in cinemas today. @studioc

THE OLD OAK is released in cinemas today.
@studiocanaluk
#kenloach
#theoldoak
#socialism
#workingclasshistory
#embroidery
#unionbanner

Thanks to @annekellytextiles for including me in h

Thanks to @annekellytextiles for including me in her book Textile Portraits.
@batsfordbooks
#textileportraits
#workingclasshistory

Becoming a food courier is one of the only jobs an

Becoming a food courier is one of the only jobs an unregistered migrant can get. Renting the position from registered couriers enables them to hide their identity but at the same time be exploited.

#theoldoak

Great to have my commissioned banner for the new K

Great to have my commissioned banner for the new Ken Loach film displayed today in Newcastle city center in front of the fantastic Felling Brass Band
#kenloach
#theoldoak
@studiocanaluk
#thefellingband
#newcastle
#workingclasshistory
#unionbanner

Excited to be back making for this commission to p

Excited to be back making for this commission to promote The Old Oak a new film by Ken Loach.
#kenloach
#theoldoak
#unionbanner
#workingclasshistory
#craft
#embroidery
#socialism

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