For the fourth square, I embroidered a turtle inspired by Otomi designs. I chose the turtle, because, in the indigenous language Nahuatl, Ayotzinapa means turtle. I embroidered an…
To find out more about the 43 missing Ayotzinapa student, visit https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s1855525_stitch-embroidering-our-heritage-into-contemporary-practice-2019-2020sem2/2020/03/04/43-ayotzinapa-information/. There is an art collective which makes illustrations of the 43 Ayotzinapa students. It’s called #IllustradoresconAyotzinapa/#IllustratorswithAyotzinapa (https://ilustradoresconayotzinapa.tumblr.com/). …
There are a lot of groups that stitch collectively. Whether it’s with family or organized Facebook groups. An example is the Fuentes Rojas Collective. They stitch together every…
For my personal project on Stitch to give voice, I decided to embroider various handkerchiefs. To read more about my personal project see my post: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s1855525_stitch-embroidering-our-heritage-into-contemporary-practice-2019-2020sem2/2020/03/30/personal-project-further-along/. I decided…
Introduction to Personal Project My Personal Project is about the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students. The theme that fits this the best is …
Stuck inside my family decided to get a Disney+ membership. This meant watching the new Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian. It is amazing. Definitely worth watching! The cutest…
After sampling a couple of ideas inspired by other political embroideries for the 43 Ayotzinapa students I decided to conceptualize my own project. In week 7 and 8…
In week 8 we got to talk to Chloe Patience, a former student at ECA. We talked to her about her brand, bebaroque, which sold the coolest embroidered…
In week 7 we did some machine embroidery and learned more about CAD embroidery. I had never done machine embroidery before, so I was quite excited to try…
Sample 2 After the 43 Ayotzinapa students disappeared everyone was very upset and people were constantly marching for justice. A lot of community embroidery workshops were given. This…
