Comments on: red flannel pieces http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/02/25/red-flannel-pieces-2/ Deirdre Nelson - Artist in Residence Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: tawona http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/02/25/red-flannel-pieces-2/#comment-571 tawona Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:31:10 +0000 http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/02/25/red-flannel-pieces-2/#comment-571 trophies signify victory; in sport the runner-up also gets a trophy of sorts. in trade no one comes out empty-handed regardless of who has come out on top in the exchange. the beaver skin, and other materials that were exchanged for Stroud cloth, were 'trophies' or else were used to make trophies, such as the top hat (might call it a trophy hat) might be interesting to explore whether visitors to the museum would be interested in donating pieces of Stroud Cloth for a patchwork item (maybe a quilt). on the other hand to try a similar exercise with pieces of fabric that have some relation to the themes such as old tennis memorabilia, top hats, objects acquired on trips abroad etc. you could maybe photograph and return them to visitors? stories that relate would also be interesting to capture . . . trophies signify victory; in sport the runner-up also gets a trophy of sorts. in trade no one comes out empty-handed regardless of who has come out on top in the exchange. the beaver skin, and other materials that were exchanged for Stroud cloth, were ‘trophies’ or else were used to make trophies, such as the top hat (might call it a trophy hat)

might be interesting to explore whether visitors to the museum would be interested in donating pieces of Stroud Cloth for a patchwork item (maybe a quilt). on the other hand to try a similar exercise with pieces of fabric that have some relation to the themes such as old tennis memorabilia, top hats, objects acquired on trips abroad etc. you could maybe photograph and return them to visitors? stories that relate would also be interesting to capture . . .

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