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I can be found mostly stitching, or thinking about stitching!

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It seems appropriate to begin posting my Building Hope 'coasters' as the One Million Acts of Hope campaign gets going. @1mactsofhope 
Thanks to @bartonquilter for this suggestion.
So how would you make the your community a more hopeful place? In 6 wo
Second day #threadsfestival @sunnybankmills with work from our BA Textiles Practice course. 
Many great conversations yesterday, including with @janicegunnertextiles , @cuttsandsons , @melanielovesquilts @sometimes_katy_quilts @scrappyquiltsbyfay 
Co
This weekend is Threads Festival @sunnybankmills 
Alongside an amazing Makers Market there will be an exhibition by @the62group 
and also a taster exhibition of work by we BA textiles practice students ahead of our graduate show next month. 
If you&r
Building Hope
There are many ways to make our communities more friendly. And thinking laterally and literally while in a queue, ‘one for me and one for you’ makes everyone feel a bit better about their fellow human beings. 
So how would y
And this is how it all began, my activist stitching began with this very shouty quilt at Festival of Quilts 2023. Inspired by my #fdatextilespractice @bradfordtextiles .
This weekend it will be in the @whiterosequilters display at St Chad's Centenary
Building Hope
In these dark times we need to think of those in our community who are feeling threatened and unwanted.
Take time to give them a kind word, a smile, just to let them know they are a valued part of the community.
Please share your sugges
Building Hope
Crowd sourced suggestions for actions that can make our communities more welcoming to all, no matter what faith they hold or where they are from.
If you have a suggestion for building hope in 6 words or fewer, then please comment. Thank
It is a while since I posted about my work. I have been busy preparing for our final degree show, and other stuff that has filled my head.
MY main work is entitled 'Building Hope' and there seems to be a dearth of hope at the moment, I thought I'd sh
Lovely to be at the opening of the @oldparcelsofficeartspace Open yesterday. 
And great to find other artists using text in their work, including @ellie_clewlow_studio and @k.drakeart 
I’ve also included a photo of Ethel by @maryannstevensartis
Just delivered ‘Inside Pages’ to @oldparcelsofficeartspace for the Open Exhibition next month. 
This piece raises awareness of the many conflicts in the world that don’t even make the inside pages of many newspapers. Thanks to @guar
Mary Whitehouse
Mary Whitehouse - Textile Artist
Back to the beginning, signifying disruption in a quilt
Jan 14

Jan 14 Back to the beginning, signifying disruption in a quilt

Mary Whitehouse
Activist textile art, Patchwork & Quilting, Textile Art

The early steps in creating a work drawing on ideas from patchwork and quilting.

Banners just shout
Dec 14

Dec 14 Banners just shout

Mary Whitehouse
Activism, Activist textile art, Protest

Banners just shout, without changing many minds.

Stop arming genocide
Nov 15

Nov 15 Stop arming genocide

Mary Whitehouse
Activism, Protest, Activist textile art

A response to the continuing civil war in Sudan and the part played by the British arms industry.

Crisis? What crisis?
Oct 31

Oct 31 Crisis? What crisis?

Mary Whitehouse
Activism, Activist textile art, Social Justice, Sustainabiiity

The climate crisis is real - we need to stop extracting coal, gas and oil.

The Right to Protest
Oct 24

Oct 24 The Right to Protest

Mary Whitehouse
Activist textile art, Activism, Social Justice

The right to protest is a human right.

Headlines
Oct 18

Oct 18 Headlines

Mary Whitehouse
Activism, Activist textile art, Social Justice

A banner in response to the governments proposals to limit visas for skilled workers to the UK.

A Call for Action
Oct 11

Oct 11 A Call for Action

Mary Whitehouse
Activism, Social Justice, Activist textile art

Beginning a series of protest banners.

Uprooted
Jul 31

Jul 31 Uprooted

Mary Whitehouse
Quilts, Textile Art, Social Justice, Activist textile art

Uprooted is mixed media quilt made in response to the Canadian Red Cross Quilt, highlighting the many places in the word where people are still uprooted by war.

Displacement
Jul 18

Jul 18 Displacement

Mary Whitehouse
Activism, Quilts, Textile Art

The theme for this series of textile investigations is displacement from home and becoming a refugee due to war, persecution, or famine.

Quilt or Banner?
Jul 15

Jul 15 Quilt or Banner?

Mary Whitehouse
Art exhibitions, Activism, Material culture studies
Slow Stitching a Small Mat
Jun 17

Jun 17 Slow Stitching a Small Mat

Mary Whitehouse
Hand stitching

Using ideas from Boro stitching to create a small mat

There is a better way - 2
May 26

May 26 There is a better way - 2

Mary Whitehouse
Textile Project, Poetry
There is a better way - 1
May 23

May 23 There is a better way - 1

Mary Whitehouse
Textile Project, Activism
Seascapes
Apr 9

Apr 9 Seascapes

Mary Whitehouse
Activism, Textile Project, Reflective practice

Describing the start of the process to create my installation which is a response to the government’s treatment of refugees

Unravel - the power and politics of textiles art
Mar 12

Mar 12 Unravel - the power and politics of textiles art

Mary Whitehouse
Art exhibitions, Textiles practice

Reflections on the Unravel exhibition at the Barbican

Subverting the familiar
Feb 11

Feb 11 Subverting the familiar

Mary Whitehouse
Art exhibitions, Activism

Hiding messages in plain sight - Whitworth Gallery exhibition

Text in textiles
Jan 10

Jan 10 Text in textiles

Mary Whitehouse
Reflective practice, Textile Project

Using

Activism and the Arts
Jan 3

Jan 3 Activism and the Arts

Mary Whitehouse
Reflective practice, Activism

Can art make a difference to social justice issues?

The importance of reflections
Dec 16

Dec 16 The importance of reflections

Mary Whitehouse
Reflective practice

Thinking about reflective practice

Art with the community
Aug 13

Aug 13 Art with the community

Mary Whitehouse
Art exhibitions

Artists working in the community can do great things together.

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