Jul
30
2010
Animation, stop motion and computing have a lot of possibilities and techniques for expressing ideas and stories… Following last posts regarding textiles, I simply got an idea to collect few animated and stop motion films which were designed with the help of knitting, crocheting, embroidery and needlepoint…
Science Project: Temperature by Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
hand-stitched cotton doily, 2005
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Apr
22
2010
Phyllis Galembo has been photographing masked revelers in ritual performances since 1987. Galembo has made over twenty trips to sites of ritual masquerade in Africa and the Caribbean.
She has photographed Carnaval in Jacmel, Haiti capturing annual performances, as well as African rites masks. One of her most known series of photographs are the Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou.
West Africa, Phyllis Galembo (c) taken from booooooom
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Aug
1
2009
Marija Mojca Pungercar is the founder of Socialdress clothing brand and workshop platform based on open source principles carried out in arts and crafts field.
Photo: Nada Zgank (c) + excerpt from Socialdress fabric
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