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Diana Buri Weymar

website@moadoph.gov.au — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 03:24:05 +0000

Diana Buri Weymar website@moadop… Mon, 10/15/2018 - 14:24

I am currently working on two community-based projects in addition to my studio practice. Tiny Pricks is a series of Trump tweets and comments stitched into memory textiles. The project has been opened to the public and will end when he is out of office. Interwoven Stories is a visual narrative project with chapters around the world and over 300 fabric pages completed.

Diana Buri Weymar

English

Canada

American, Canadian

The right to education continues to resonate for me as we find ourselves in an era of fractured facts and divisive politicians. This project has been a powerful way to write with thread, to spell out our common values, and to reflect on the path ahead.

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Quilt

Red quilt

Ximena Ortiz-Medina

website@moadoph.gov.au — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 05:16:18 +0000

Ximena Ortiz-Medina website@moadop… Mon, 10/15/2018 - 16:16

Ximena Ortiz-Medina is a needleworker who started embroidering when she was eight years old in Viña del Mar, Chile.

During her time in elementary school, she developed her fine and neat embroidery style. Since then, she is self-taught in different embroidery techniques, like crewel, needle-painting, stumpwork and cross-stitch. Other needlecrafts she makes are crocheting, sewing, knitting and painting.

Ximena participates regularly in exhibitions organised by San Francisco School of Needlework and Design in San Francisco, California.

Before moving to the United States, she studied and taught chemistry at Frederico Santa María Technical University in Valparaíso, Chile, where she developed a passion for teaching.

Ximena lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband.

Ximena Ortiz-Medina

English, Spanish

United States of America

Chilean

I like to embroider every day and everywhere to spread blessings, happiness and love. A little kindness can help people have a better life.

This project was inspired by my experiences studying and teaching chemistry, and working with young people in Valparaíso, Chile; and my admiration for Nobel Prize-winner Gabriela Mistral, who was a Chilean poet, diplomat, humanist and teacher. She loved children and fought for women teachers’ rights. Her phrase ‘El futuro de los niños es siempre hoy, mañana será tarde’ means ‘The future of children is always today, tomorrow will be too late’.

I also wanted to express my values about respecting children’s lives from conception; avoiding abortion and considering adoption. The phrase ‘Ni uno menos’ (‘Nothing less’) is about children’s right to live without discrimination.

I used principally primary colours to represent the happy experiences children must have during their education. For me, colour is more important than a lot of different stitches.

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Green quilt

Amy Lou Bogen, Charissa Lucille & Illuminate

website@moadoph.gov.au — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 05:40:26 +0000

Amy Lou Bogen, Charissa Lucille & Illuminate website@moadop… Mon, 10/15/2018 - 16:40

Charissa Lucille, Amy Lou Bogen and Illuminate stitched the body of this Article together at Wasted Ink Zine Distro in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. They are connected through the active and inclusive DIY arts community supported by spaces like Wasted Ink, founded by Charissa Lucille.

Find out more about Wasted Ink here www.wizd-az.com

Artists

Blue quilt

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Jo Barcas Buchan

website@moadoph.gov.au — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 05:53:57 +0000

Jo Barcas Buchan website@moadop… Mon, 10/15/2018 - 16:53

Jo Barcas Buchan is a teacher and craftsperson from Scotland. Jo began cross-stitching as a teenager and completed commercial kits. Whilst she loved the process, she was never happy with the finished result. A couple of years ago, a non-stitching friend said he just couldn’t understand why Jo followed a pattern rather than stitching what she wanted. Jo has never looked back!

Jo prefers to embroider, and will embellish just about any surface. She aims to use only repurposed and pre-loved materials in her work, and always works without a hoop or frame so that she can feel the fabric as she works. Jo loves the sense of connection that sewing brings, be it to long-gone family, craftspeople around the world or through projects such as this one.

Jo Barcas Buchan

English

Scotland, United Kingdom

British

As I teach in Scotland, where rights are looked at as part of the curriculum, I felt very strongly that this was the Article I wanted to stitch. In my teaching career I have primarily worked with children facing barriers to their learning, and found this piece a very reflective experience.

It is often easier to think of children in ‘other countries’ unable to access education, but in the United Kingdom there are many children who are not fully included in a meaningful learning journey. My design reflects that by showing children and a teacher writing on paper, whiteboard and blackboard rather than a classroom or textbook. I used vintage threads gifted from a friend’s grandmother, and based the design around Scottish wool fabric that was industrial waste from a designer.

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Quilt

Yellow quilt