6th November 2023- A focus on stitching (Session 7)

Eight folk plus myself were able to attend the seventh group meeting. Here are some images of people’s work taken during the morning’s discussion of ongoing investigations into place, whilst stitching together.

Annie’s embroidery of the dancing diagram for ‘Three Jolly Black Sheepskins‘, which is a game as well as a dance, Leather reports that when danced in an Alehouse, whoever made a mistake had to buy the drinks!
Annie’s embroidery of the diagram for ‘Dancing the Broom Stick’
Annie’s embroidery of the diagram for ‘Hop-scotch’, this is the “Hops-bed” drawn on the road or pavement.
Hazel leaves and natural dye experiments
Birch leaves and natural dye experiments
Maggie P developing her map of Dilwyn
Maggie P developing her map of Dilwyn
Inspiration for the Autumn page of the Atlas
Plans for the Autumn page of the Atlas
Meg’s work on the singers pictured in Ella Mary Leather’s Folk-lore of Herefordshire
The Victorian style knitting pins Meg used to knit a Weobley carol- singer’s shawl. She sang “The Man that Lives”
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I am a folklorist investigating our place in the world through creative and participatory practices. As an artist maker with a textile sensibility, I craft engagements, events, workshops and year long projects. I have a BA(Hons) Fine Art and MA in Contemporary Dialogues. I am currently writing up the thesis of my research investigating rural place in Herefordshire (UK) with its community through its folkloric heritage and landscapes of common land. I live in Herefordshire and study at Manchester Metropolitan University. I am Australian born to British parents and have lived in both countryside and cities of Britain. Rural conversations and fieldwork with my art collective 'Fold' supports and inspires my thinking. My art practice, Volka Arts, is named after my recent investigation into the now enclosed Volca Common Meadow, a short distance from my home. j.morris@volka-arts.org

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