Original Article written Mar 25, 2022 Psychiatric Times Article by Liana Kathleen Glew, PhD I’m particularly interested in historical articles that explore mental illness and help raise awareness about its impact over time. What fascinates me most is how textile art can serve as a powerful medium for expressing and understanding these experiences. In many… Read More Stitching Time: Women and Fibre Art in Psychiatric History
As part of my MA final project, I wanted to explore what was happening in the art and poetry world during and before the Industrial Revolution. In my research, I came across an interesting article on the Art UK website. Posted 21 Mar 2019, by Lydia Figes Romanticism was one of the most important movements of the… Read More The Romantic Poets in Art
This article is an interesting look at Lincoln and Manchester during the time of the Cotton Famine. In 1863, The US President wrote to the ‘working men of Manchester’ thanking them for their anti-slavery stance In an age when cotton was king and Manchester’s textile mills were dressing the world, great fortunes were made many… Read More Lincoln’s Great Debt to Manchester
1ST JULY 2019 BY KATIE A textile artist whose work is inspired by the Lancashire cotton industry. My name is Katie, a Lancashire Lass. Share my Stitchery journeys through Patchwork & Quilting, Embroidery, Felting, and the wonderful exhibitions I visit throughout the year. — ARNOLD’S ATTIC — Arnold’s family worked in the Lancashire textile mills for generations. I’m now custodian… Read More The First Day in the Mill – Lancashire Dialect
Can art change the future? In 19th-century Britain, many Victorians passionately believed art could change the future. As industrialisation swept through the country, bringing with it grinding poverty, overcrowded slums, and rising illness, artists began to look beyond beauty for beauty’s sake and instead, they asked: How can my work make a difference? For many,… Read More Victorian Political Art and Social Reform in 19th-Century Britain
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