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Lesley Millar is Emerita Professor of Textile Culture at the University for the Creative Arts, UK. She has been responsible for many international touring textile exhibitions. She has contributed to many publications most recently editing, with Alice Kettle, The Erotic Cloth (Bloomsbury, 2018) and Spaces and Places (2021). In 2008 she received the Japan Society Award for significant contribution to Anglo-Japanese relationships and in 2011 was appointed MBE for her contribution to Higher Education.
Alice Kettle is Professor of Textile Arts at Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is co-author of Machine Stitch Perspectives with Jane McKeating (2010) Hand Stitch Perspectives (Bloomsbury, 2012) and Collaboration Through Craft (Bloomsbury, 2013) with Dr Amanda Ravetz and Helen Felcey. She has most recently edited, with Lesley Millar, The Erotic Cloth (Bloomsbury, 2018). She is a practising artist with work in international collections including the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, The Crafts Council of Great Britain, Museums in Riga, MAIO in Turin, and the Belger Collection Kansas City USA.
In this beautifully illustrated book, the intertwining of threads encapsulates the critical capacity of cloth to act societally, historically, speculatively and psychologically. The editors have brought together some of the best textile scholars and artists to bring new readings and new agency to this ambivalent material. This is an essential contribution to textile discourses.
Catherine Dormor, Professor and Head of Westminster School of Arts, Westminster School of Arts, UK
From the transformative power of Austrian lace in the Niger Delta to social media as a vehicle for global engagement in community textile projects, this wide ranging and fascinating collection of essays spans history, culture, craft, and technology, to weave rich and multilayered accounts of how fiber, thread and cloth record human lives.
Wendy Weiss, Textile Artist and Professor Emerita, University of Nebraska, USA
This collection underscores the importance of the study of cloth for understanding contemporary human experiences, revealing stories of cultural preservation, resistance, and a sustainable future. The depth of scholarship presented signals a twenty-first-century renaissance in textile studies.
Jill D’Alessandro, Director and Curator, The Avenir Institute of Textile Arts and Fashion, Denver Art Museum, USA
<i>Reading the Thread </i>draws together current thinking about and through cloth. Platforming the voices of contemporary artists, theorists and designers, this book presents a global story of connection, expression and intimacy. Each unfolding section examines the ubiquity and therefore power of cloth as a means of record and communication across multiple histories and geographies.
Christine Checinska, Senior Curator - Africa and Diaspora: Textiles and Fashion, V&A
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Lesley Millar is Emerita Professor of Textile Culture at the University for the Creative Arts, UK. She has been responsible for many international touring textile exhibitions. She has contributed to many publications most recently editing, with Alice Kettle, The Erotic Cloth (Bloomsbury, 2018) and Spaces and Places (2021). In 2008 she received the Japan Society Award for significant contribution to Anglo-Japanese relationships and in 2011 was appointed MBE for her contribution to Higher Education.
Alice Kettle is Professor of Textile Arts at Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is co-author of Machine Stitch Perspectives with Jane McKeating (2010) Hand Stitch Perspectives (Bloomsbury, 2012) and Collaboration Through Craft (Bloomsbury, 2013) with Dr Amanda Ravetz and Helen Felcey. She has most recently edited, with Lesley Millar, The Erotic Cloth (Bloomsbury, 2018). She is a practising artist with work in international collections including the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, The Crafts Council of Great Britain, Museums in Riga, MAIO in Turin, and the Belger Collection Kansas City USA.