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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
Radical Acts: Why Craft Matters
Aug 4

Aug 4 Radical Acts: Why Craft Matters

Mary Whitehouse
Art exhibitions, Sustainabiiity, Ethics

Reflections on the Harewood Biennial 2022 exhibition Radical Acts: Why Craft Matters

Fragment of a dress
Jul 20

Jul 20 Fragment of a dress

Mary Whitehouse
Art exhibitions, Contextualising practice

Contributing to the Fragment of a Dress , a textile art project by Hannah Lamb to be displayed at Bronte Parsonage Museum

Drawing Parallels
Jun 30

Jun 30 Drawing Parallels

Mary Whitehouse
Art exhibitions

Reflections on a visit to the exhibition of the work of Pauline Burbidge and Charles Poulsen at Ruthin Craft Centre

WasteAge Bag
Jun 14

Jun 14 WasteAge Bag

Mary Whitehouse
Sustainability, Textile Project

adding the final touch to the WasteAge coat, a bag made from waste materials from A W Hainsworth.

WasteAge Coat
May 20

May 20 WasteAge Coat

Mary Whitehouse
Textile Project, Sustainability

Making a coat from pre consumer mill waste.

Waste from Waste
May 19

May 19 Waste from Waste

Mary Whitehouse
Sustainability, Textile Project

What to do with the waste produced by a project that was all about using waste?

Sampling and experimenting
May 12

May 12 Sampling and experimenting

Mary Whitehouse
Textile Project

Sampling and experimenting is an important part of developing my textiles practice.

From abstraction to action
Apr 23

Apr 23 From abstraction to action

Mary Whitehouse
Contextualising practice, Textile Project, Abstract textile art

Creating abstract textile art from a photograph.

Textiles heritage
Apr 8

Apr 8 Textiles heritage

Mary Whitehouse
Contextualising practice, Material culture studies, Textile Project

Textiles heritage research linking military uniform quilts with A W Hainsworth cloth

Researching designs
Mar 19

Mar 19 Researching designs

Mary Whitehouse
Contextualising practice, Textile Project

Researching trends in sustainable fashion to come to a design solution.

Trends Research
Mar 1

Mar 1 Trends Research

Mary Whitehouse
Textile Project, Contextualising practice
Sustainable Fashion
Feb 6

Feb 6 Sustainable Fashion

Mary Whitehouse
Sustainability

Grappling with the issues that can move us from fast fashion to sustainable fashion.

'Ethical and Soulful'
Jan 19

Jan 19 'Ethical and Soulful'

Mary Whitehouse
Ethics

Thinking about what we mean by Ethical Fashion

On the beach
Dec 28

Dec 28 On the beach

Mary Whitehouse
Walking

The beach at Hornsea yields found objects that have yet to find a use.

Research-Informed Practice
Dec 19

Dec 19 Research-Informed Practice

Mary Whitehouse
Contextualising practice, Material culture studies

Bringing together words and a visual response to research

A Global Industry
Dec 8

Dec 8 A Global Industry

Mary Whitehouse
Contextualising practice, Art exhibitions, Ethics, Sustainability

Thinking about the issues of sustainability in the context of textiles and fashion and the ethical choices we have when we buy clothes.

The Yorkshire Tea Ceremony and other things
Dec 3

Dec 3 The Yorkshire Tea Ceremony and other things

Mary Whitehouse
Inspired by others, Art and artists

A visit to York Art Gallery

Kiss of Death
Nov 13

Nov 13 Kiss of Death

Mary Whitehouse
Contextualising practice, Art exhibitions

Reflecting on a visit to the British Textile Biennial exhibition Connected Cloth

#Patternfinder21
Nov 5

Nov 5 #Patternfinder21

Mary Whitehouse

Reflecting on the #patternfinder21 project from summer 2021

Sketch books or journals?
Oct 29

Oct 29 Sketch books or journals?

Mary Whitehouse
Postcard swaps, Sketchbooks

Thinking about how artists use sketchbooks, and how I can develop my practice.

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