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Sunday, January 8, 2017
Monday, January 2, 2017
Making Medieval Embroidery
The Victoria and Albert Museum is hosting an great exhibit:
Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery
1 October 2016 – 5 February 2017
to celebrate that, there are a number of videos on youtube. Here is one, celebrating the skill of the present-day embroiderer
Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery
1 October 2016 – 5 February 2017
to celebrate that, there are a number of videos on youtube. Here is one, celebrating the skill of the present-day embroiderer
Sunday, January 1, 2017
The Secret LIfe of the Sewing Machine
Tim Hunkin was unknown to me until I saw this video. He is, according to Wikipedia, an "engineer, cartoonist, artist and writer" from Suffolk, England. Between 1998 and 1993 he and Rex Garrod aired a series on Channel 4 of the BBC entitled "The Secret Life of Machines." The following fascinating video is entitled "The Secret Life of the Sewing Machine." It is fascinating, and shows early sewing machine inventors that predate Howe and Singer.
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