wall Hangings

Midio, M., (2004) Video of  Lisa and Lori Lubbesmeyer's work  [Online] Available at: http://www.lubbesmeyer.com/video/ (accessed on 21st October 2013 at 11:50)

wall hanging by(fine artists) Lisa and Lori Lubbesmeyer

Miller, K., (2009) The Art of Katazome [Online]Available at http://www.bentoncountymuseum.org (Accessed on 4th October at 11:17)

scarves quote

Salter, K., (2011) The neck's big thing: a colourful history of the silk scarf  [Online] Available at:  http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG8464030/The-necks-big-thing-a-colourful-history-of-the-silk-scarf.html (Accessed on 10th October 2013 at 15.27

Audrey Hepburn once said, 'When I wear a silk scarf I never feel so definitely like a woman, a beautiful woman.'

Crysalis, an EC project

http://makingfutures.plymouthart.ac.uk/mf3.php?pageID=10 (Accessed on 12 October 13 at 3.30)

Plymouth College of Art in association with Crysalis, an EC project funded under the INTERREG IV A 2 Seas Programme.

MAKING FUTURES

textiles sector is vast.  it has social and environmental consequences , that outstrip other practices. effects are  entwined in production and consumption,  they traverse the exploitative regimes of the ‘sweatshop’ and a progressive activism rooted in a micro-politics of DIY,  ‘Craftivism’, transition and slow movement thinking.

The terrain is complex entails seemingly contradictory turns.  artisanal workshops can be just as polluting as a large regulated and efficient factory; pesticides are used heavily on cotton crops while the mordants used with dyes can be extremely toxic.  synthetic does not inevitably equate with bad: enormous advances in synthetic cellulose fibers based upon sources of potentially sustainable raw materials.

government and some large manufactures, have made very significant contributions. small-scale initiatives and interventions are often particularly effective in addressing specific localized circumstances.

the range of activity,and the complex requirements creates an exceptionally challenging field of enquiry with opportunities to learn, to develop, and make positive impacts. 

plymouth City Centre to Saltram House

Craft Activism

Tapper, J., Zucker, G., (2011)  Craft Activism, New York: Random House Inc

p5
"When I am asked to define craft, I don't and I won"t. I like to think of it as undefinable
 - with no rules - and that is why I was drawn to it in the first place.  Craft is a way to connect with people, a way to create a community that you are inspired by. I have come to realise that once one's hands are in motion, "making" is difficult to stop."

p6
"I came to realise that all kinds of crafts have moved from private passion to public statement."

"...we were stunned to realise how far reaching this new blend of craft and activism ......"craftivism" ...
 really is.  "

it's part of the DIY movement, which promots handmade objects ....over mass-produced articles.

p7
Profitability of the work of one's own hands and heart have been expanded by the most up to date technology, in particular the internet.