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Christine Hill and Volksboutique
In 2002 when I was studying for my BA at Dun Laoghaire in Ireland we took a field trip to Liverpool to visit the Biennial. There was much to see at the Biennial but the work that made the greatest impression on me was Christine Hill’s Volksboutique Accounting Archive which was installed in the Pleasant […]
An experiment in podcasting…
A podcast by Felicity Ford exploring the various imaginative ways that one could create garments out of the landscape and history of London. This episode is entitled Episode 1 of The Wandering Maker: Singing Aplacas and Various Buttons.
Map Addict
I have been reading Mike Parker’s Map Addict and it is very inspiring (and surprisingly funny) in its consideration of the wonderful world of maps, and – in particular – Ordnance Survey maps. Amongst lively discussions on the politics and history of mapping, Parker’s prose rhapsodically celebrates the speculative journeys afforded by maps, and the […]
News from the needles
There has been a lot of knitting going on around here lately, though you wouldn’t know it from reading this. However today I bring you the story of some sweater FAIL. It’s not quite as tragic as poor Brenda’s story concerning two failed sweaters, but it is a little bit sad. See that beautiful hem […]
Stitch’n’Ditch
Myself and the talented filmmaker behind Thursday Films – Martin Ellerbeck – have been working on something. After seeing the Journey of a blanket documentary that Martin worked on in partnership with Karen Draisey of CIAO! I became inspired about how we could create a related but different documentary focussing on connecting UK sheep breeds […]
Walbury, Combe and Buttermere
On Monday we went walking. The extent of our forward planning involved me impatiently hunting for the densest patch of contour lines on the map and then directing Mark to them. Walking in The Highlands has given me a thirst for hills and although Walbury Hill is comparitively very modest at 297m, it is the […]
Sonic Gardening
Rustling flora Joe Swift recently had an interesting article in The Times about sound in the garden. Encouraging gardeners to open our ears, Swift talked about the joys of using all five senses in the garden and on my recent walking expeditions, I have found myself extending his ideas to the wider environment. Some things […]
The Sea
Since completing the West Highland Way I have begun investigating the other long-distance walks that I can explore in Britain, Scotland and Wales and I have become quite fascinated with The South West Coast Path. Looking out from the shore at Clovelly At 630 miles or so in length it is not something that I […]
Wild Yeasts and Wild Bread
The sourdough starter I made many months ago has continued – admirably – to survive through the collapse of my fridge, the rebuilding of my kitchen following a flood, several extended trips away from home and the addition of many different flours. I have read of sourdough cultures living for many years – sometimes decades […]
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