Patricia Cheesman spent most of her childhood in South East Asia, finished her schooling and studies in the UK and Europe, before returning to Asia with her husband in 1973. She was working for the UN on a ceramics development project in Laos when she bought a silk healing cloth from…
The Funk Files: Embroidery Frontiers – Meet Terézia Krnáčová
I love how the Internet connects us to far-away people and places. Today’s interviewee is from Slovakia. English is not her first language, but she reads, writes, and speaks it well enough to communicate effectively and beautifully. I promised Terezia I’d edit her English as needed, and I did make…
Needle Exchange: Quillwork
Welcome back everybody! The last few months we’ve been looking at contemporary fiber artists, this time I thought we’d look at a tradition that is wholly North American. MÃkmaq Quillwork Porcupine quillwork may just be the oldest form of Native American embroidery. According to Needlework Through History, it dates back to prehistoric times. This…