The presentation of my project in the form of a public blogpost was a helpful as it helped me to focus on conveying my exploration in a clear and concise manner. The restrictive word count was useful as the limit forced succinctness, as was the limit on the number of images in helping to distil what the most important visuals from the project have been.
The feedback I received was mostly positive and gracious. One point regarding improvement was about the link between the text and the text’s textile form was helpful, as it was an incongruity that had also been flagged in my crit group. Though the piece can be situated among the work of other textile visual designers, I need to refine the conceptual link between form and content.
Going forward, I am interested in exploring further the use of textile to present historical information, particularly artefacts at the British museum. I think of Sara Fanelli’s map book, Citra Sasmita’s Eternal Land embroidery, and other forms of textile visual communication, and wonder at the potential to tell historical stories and truths through textile form. The particular interest I had in Biblical manuscripts can also be stitched together with quilted and needlecrafted pieces such as prayer cushions and banners typically made by women for church settings. I will look further into these (including those documented by Luke Edward Hall on Instagram).