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Haptic & Hue

Haptic & Hue


Haptic & Hue

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Length:
51 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Description

Haptic & Hue's Tales of Textiles explores the way in which cloth speaks to us and the impact it has on our lives. It looks at how fabric traditions have grown up and the innovations that underpin its creation. It thinks about the skills that go into constructing it and what it means to the people who use it. It looks at the different light textiles cast on the story of humanity.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 51 episodes

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Australia’s Convict Quilt: Something to be Proud Of

An extraordinary quilt handstitched by convict women on board ship as they were transp...

41 minutes
May 02, 2024

The Forgotten Medieval Craft of Cloth Staining

  From the grandest palace to the poorest cottage, so-called ‘stained’ cloths brought ...

38 minutes
Apr 04, 2024

Invisible Hands: Tapestry Weavers and Artists

Great tapestries have been used to decorate and embellish homes and palaces for centuri...

38 minutes
Mar 07, 2024

The Garment That Sweeps Through History: The Everlasting Cloak

There’s a piece of clothing that has a good claim to being a universal garment. It is t...

38 minutes
Feb 01, 2024

Ukraine's Revolutionary Act of Embroidery: How Identity Survives in Stitches

As the war in the Ukraine brutally shows, few people have had as hard a struggle down t...

43 minutes
Jan 04, 2024

The Point of The Needle - How the Ancient Craft of Stitching Shapes Us

The needle and thread have been humanity’s constant companions for tens of thousands of...

29 minutes
Dec 07, 2023

The Language of Thread - Why Sewing Matters and How It Was Taught

Sewing is one of the most vital but also one of the most overlooked human crafts. Every...

39 minutes
Nov 02, 2023

Cabbage and Mungo: How Recycling Returned To Savile Row

There is a quiet revolution happening on Savile Row in London, home to some of the worl...

41 minutes
Oct 05, 2023

The People's Art - Material and The Modern Masters

Have you ever wanted a Picasso on your walls – or maybe a Joan Miro, a Chagall, or perh...

43 minutes
Sep 07, 2023

The Tangled Tale of Tartan

Who doesn’t love a good tartan? It is everywhere from high fashion catwalks to shooting...

41 minutes
Jun 01, 2023