Connected By Threads
Gill Crawshaw has created an illustrated essay that tells a story of disabled women and textiles. She makes connections between textile art created by contemporary disabled women artists and needlework produced by women incarcerated in institutions of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Like those people who turned to genealogy during lockdown to research their family history, Gill aims to show connectivity between one generation and the next, highlighting kinship, shared practices and traditions, driven by her curiosity about disabled needleworkers and textile artists.
Gill Crawshaw has created an illustrated essay that tells a story of disabled women and textiles. She makes connections between textile art created by contemporary disabled women artists and needlework produced by women incarcerated in institutions of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Like those people who turned to genealogy during lockdown to research their family history, Gill aims to show connectivity between one generation and the next, highlighting kinship, shared practices and traditions, driven by her curiosity about disabled needleworkers and textile artists.
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Raisa Kabir নীল. Nil. Nargis. Blue.
Bring in the tide with your moon...,
2019
Performed at Cove Park, Scotland
Photo: Ashanti Harris
Image description:
The artist walks along the water’s edge on a
pebbly beach, pulling a set of red threads in
one hand. The threads’ weighted ends rest in
the water. Only the bottom half of the artist’s
body is in shot, wearing red and white
clothes and ghungroos - ankle bells.
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