creature feature

By: Kate Davies Designs
craft, Crafting Futures, creativity, making, masks, mexico, patterns, process, Scotland, Shetland, weaving, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 20 Comments on creature feature

some of the thinking behind the making

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work in progress

By: Kate Davies Designs
collaboration, Crafting Futures, making, masks, mexico, play, textiles, , , , , , , , , , 11 Comments on work in progress

A creative collaboration celebrating performance, parody and play

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the mask’s on you

By: Kate Davies Designs
Crafting Futures, creativity, making, masks, mexico, , , , , , , , , , , , 10 Comments on the mask’s on you

Jaguar and Tiger, Chilapa, 2017. Phyllis Galembo, Mexico: Masks, Rituals (2019) This is the fourth in my series of posts about my participation in an Applied Arts Scotland / British Council Crafting Futures residency, the work I’m developing as a consequence, and the impact of the project on my own practice. You can read parts…

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Goodbye, Dolly

By: Kate Davies Designs
art, criticism, embroidery, textiles, writing, , , , , , , , , , , , , 25 Comments on 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.…

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