tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post5375399264936821130..comments2024-03-04T07:40:27.538+00:00Comments on N e e d l e p r i n t: T.6-1956 - A Plea to ReclassifyN E E D L E P R I N Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05016259421156728225noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-34992311115712261512014-09-21T08:09:05.299+01:002014-09-21T08:09:05.299+01:00It irks me that so often textiles are undervalued....It irks me that so often textiles are undervalued. Many times I have seen hand made garments, embroideries, lace by 'amateurs' which are sold for a pittance of the time and effort gone into them and they are largely of a higher quality than those produced by professionals. It's a crying shame, it really is.Jenny.Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08981676619781879709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-74901541249992364772009-12-22T19:03:56.518+00:002009-12-22T19:03:56.518+00:00I saw Elizabeth Parkers 'sampler' mon a 20...I saw Elizabeth Parkers 'sampler' mon a 2005 visit to the V&A. I was at first puzzled...I had never seen stitched text like that, and as I read it I wondered why on earth it had been classed as a sampler. The 'what will become of my soul' has haunted me ever since, esp after I read about her in SANQ...that poor woman! <br /><br />What about calling it a stitched testimonial?~mj~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08539840287964685499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-78214025391956979862009-12-20T02:31:32.290+00:002009-12-20T02:31:32.290+00:00What about autobiographical statements in thread?What about autobiographical statements in thread?sharonbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481133057585098367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-52565277782236447232009-12-19T12:48:47.711+00:002009-12-19T12:48:47.711+00:00I saw it in the museum and i loved it !!I saw it in the museum and i loved it !!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15458170694471688159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-4318494627658501822009-12-19T06:53:49.294+00:002009-12-19T06:53:49.294+00:00Jacqueline, what an interesting and important ques...Jacqueline, what an interesting and important question. How an object is described reveals its status in a culture and a community. I think of this kind of handwork as "needle script", which is at least a first cousin, if not a sibling, of the word Needleprint. Do you have any information about why these women chose to embroider rather than take the much easier approach of pen and ink? It certainly points us in the direction of their desire to have an intimacy with the words which is a great deal more personal than traditional writing. And, I also wonder, given my own propensity to accidentally jab myself with the needle, was this an additional, albeit sacrificial, element of these tremendous projects.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467118519559064463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-67138595632186177942009-12-19T04:10:25.663+00:002009-12-19T04:10:25.663+00:00I throw a name in the hat: "Literary Textile ...I throw a name in the hat: "Literary Textile Art". Sounds like a museum piece to me.Yoyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230651257160627560noreply@blogger.com