Thread and Word at The Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2018
Highlighting the campaign by The Refugee Tales for an end to the unlimited detention of asylum seekers and refugees in the U.K.
Three days at The Putney Pantry with Thread and Word
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| Birds cut out and sent by artist and quilt maker Maggy Rodd from Broadstairs |
The event gave us the opportunity to engage in conversations with visitors to the Putney Pantry and also to collaborate with individuals and groups who had chosen to come and support us.
Day 1 Monday
The artist
Elainna Arkeooll arrived with her beautiful embroidered pieces.
These pieces contain the prologue to the Refugee Tales.
setting up outside
A shirt embroidered by Myra Vasdekys placed on a gate at the entrance to St Mary's Church Putney.
Creating a temporary installation which is recreated each day in a slightly different way.
The textile artist Janet Gilbert from Nottingham spent two days working with us.
Janet brought her own samples of cut out birds and also her own printed textile materials to add to the process.
Day 2 Tuesday
A visit from members of the London Guild of spinning weaving and embroidery
The Prologue from The Refugee Tales
Day 3 Wednesday
Artist Nicola Weir's work arrives from Edinburgh
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| Daniel Doherty from The Putney Social |
A visit from Brenda Jenkins representing the Gatwick detainee Welfare group bringing leaflets about The refugee Tales.
Brenda stitched one of Janet Gilbert's beautiful textile prints.
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Jane Morley giving us hopeand so now looking forward to Hazelfest on May 20th with Thread and Word |
Thread and Word will be open to the public and will invite participation in a collaborative sewing event with a focus on a call for an end to unlimited detention of asylum seekers and refugees in the U.K.
Thread and Word is a collaborative group set up by the artist Elspeth (Billie) Penfold.
For more about Elspeth’s work :
The group Thread and Word has used walking and textiles to bring together people who welcome the opportunity to take part in collaborative events highlighting social issues and sharing stories.
More about this work can also be found on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ThreadandWord/
For Thread and Word at WAF participants will be given materials to stitch together using outlines of birds . All materials will be supplied and there is no requirement to have any prior knowledge of stitching or embroidery.
The project will be linked with Refugee Tales , please follow this link to find out more about http://refugeetales.org
