Oh my, what beautiful work - thank you for the pleasure of seeing it. Love the photo of the women in what looks like Paisley type shawls too, that was interesting. I do enjoy your newsletters, I always learn new things, thank you so much!
Thank you for another fascinating insight into the background of these beautiful textiles, which helps me to enjoy looking at them all the more. Have a nice weekend with your adopted French family.
i am always moved by stories of women Making and the slow painstaking process of design out of the practical and available. i’m also deeply aware of how the over culture has,for centuries,interrupted and destroyed the flora and fauna of nearly every culture on the planet. and still we HUMANS rise. thank you sharing these beautiful so alive pieces of human female history.
I'm always so moved by how we just keep on keeping on. So many women lost their husbands in the Prussian war, and then again in the First World War, and had nowhere to turn for assistance. We are so brave, continuously. The fact is that almost all the most beautiful textiles made for the Western market were made by women with dependent children and family who had to earn their living in whatever way they could. I always try to dispel the romantic notion of a wealthy girl sitting gently stitching her trousseau - for sure those women also existed but I think the truth is far more robust and far more honorable - that these were working-class women, sometimes 'fallen' women or orphans taken in and trained by nuns, doing their best in a world which didn't always place much value on their lives. I want people to always see those women when they see this work.
you do a beautiful job,always, of dispelling myths and bringing this and other works back to a reality which celebrates the feminine and her devotion to rebirth and LIFE in the face of over culture death cult chaos and mayhem. alchemizing loss into something of deep everlasting value.
i see this.
may women continue to awaken to their true nature and activate the world with our healing imagination, craft and love.
It's so so so much better in this space. I get that you don't get to just scroll to the next thing but I think we have all had enough of 30 second attention spans as well.
What fascinating, although some very tragic, history these pieces carry. It is always a gift to know something of the maker as you admire and feel their creation.
Oh my, what beautiful work - thank you for the pleasure of seeing it. Love the photo of the women in what looks like Paisley type shawls too, that was interesting. I do enjoy your newsletters, I always learn new things, thank you so much!
I know, I really covet a good paisley shawl!
Thank you for another fascinating insight into the background of these beautiful textiles, which helps me to enjoy looking at them all the more. Have a nice weekend with your adopted French family.
i am always moved by stories of women Making and the slow painstaking process of design out of the practical and available. i’m also deeply aware of how the over culture has,for centuries,interrupted and destroyed the flora and fauna of nearly every culture on the planet. and still we HUMANS rise. thank you sharing these beautiful so alive pieces of human female history.
I'm always so moved by how we just keep on keeping on. So many women lost their husbands in the Prussian war, and then again in the First World War, and had nowhere to turn for assistance. We are so brave, continuously. The fact is that almost all the most beautiful textiles made for the Western market were made by women with dependent children and family who had to earn their living in whatever way they could. I always try to dispel the romantic notion of a wealthy girl sitting gently stitching her trousseau - for sure those women also existed but I think the truth is far more robust and far more honorable - that these were working-class women, sometimes 'fallen' women or orphans taken in and trained by nuns, doing their best in a world which didn't always place much value on their lives. I want people to always see those women when they see this work.
you do a beautiful job,always, of dispelling myths and bringing this and other works back to a reality which celebrates the feminine and her devotion to rebirth and LIFE in the face of over culture death cult chaos and mayhem. alchemizing loss into something of deep everlasting value.
i see this.
may women continue to awaken to their true nature and activate the world with our healing imagination, craft and love.
thank you for all that YOU do in the world.
Gorgeous, gah!! Can I just say, too, I’m so happy to read your newsletter here on Substack. Very friendly in the eyes!
It's so so so much better in this space. I get that you don't get to just scroll to the next thing but I think we have all had enough of 30 second attention spans as well.
What fascinating, although some very tragic, history these pieces carry. It is always a gift to know something of the maker as you admire and feel their creation.