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Operculum

By: Kate Davies Designs September 28, 2022September 28, 2022

My Placecolourwork, design, designers, designing, knitting, Lucy Razzall, makers, making, material culture, Milarrochy Tweed, My Place, Operculum, pattern, stranded colourwork, tam27 Comments

Lucy Razzall’s hat celebrates everyday design and the thing-ness of place

Marina Moskowitz

an inspiring conversation about everyday stuff and big ideas

a chat with Nicole Pohl

Nicole tells us more about her work on the women of the Bluestocking circle

Great Tapestry of Scotland 1-23

On Sunday I finally got to see the Great Tapestry of Scotland. I was completely blown away by the vision of Alistair Moffat (who produced the tapestry’s historical content and context), Andrew Crummy (the superb artist who designed these 160 panels) and perhaps especially by the skill and beauty of the work of the thousand…

Made things

By: Kate Davies Designs April 14, 2014April 14, 2014

Iceland, makingÁrbæjarsafn, black houses, carving, craft, driftwood, folk objects, Iceland, icelandic turf houses, making, material culture, Skógar, turf houses, vernacular architecture, wood50 Comments

Since returning from Iceland, and absorbing myself in the novels of Halldór Laxness, I have found myself constantly musing on the resourcefulness and ingenuity of the Icelandic people. In contemporary terms, geothermal energy might lead us to regard Iceland as relatively resource-rich, but until recently it has been in many other respects, incredibly resource-poor. Growing…

Goodbye, Dolly

I often receive requests for copies of features and articles I’ve published. Hard copies of individual magazines can be hard to find, and many publishers don’t make back issues readily available in digital formats. So, in the spirit of open access, I’ve decided to “reprint” some of these pieces here, where everyone can find them.…