Comments for Stroud International Textiles

Comment on in the grass by tawona

tawona — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:28:59 +0000

nearly there! have a good week and hope all the final touches go well.
it’s been a great journey.

Comment on dotting by tawona

tawona — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:11:39 +0000

appropriately coloured (red) the punctuation marks play well into one of the headings you had - ’stop and reflect’

Comment on batting words around by tawona

tawona — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:09:34 +0000

was a really inspiring discussion of ideas, and great to revisit all the places we’ve been before.
the expression of ‘filling your hat’ is derived from berry/fruit pickers using their hat as a basket.
the top hat is very intersting as it is also related to the idea of taxes - stamp duty in particular. I watched a documentary recently where historians talked about stamp duty and the relationship with top hats got me interested to find out a bit more. Introduced the late 15th century as a way of paying for the ongoing war with France, stamp duty was targeted at what were seen as luxury items, which included the top hat. individual items had to be stamped to show the authorities that tax had been paid on an item, hence the phrase ’stamp duty’

Comment on good bedfellows by Helen Voce

Helen Voce — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:33:32 +0000

Museum of Deirdre Nelson sounds great.

Comment on red flannel pieces by Deirdre

Deirdre — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:00:09 +0000

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery.html

Comment on bounce by tawona

tawona — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:31:45 +0000

bouncing ideas of each other, red ball bounces on many surfaces as it is batted back and forth carrying exchanges of ideas and inspiration

Comment on bat bat bat by tawona

tawona — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:27:04 +0000

there is a co-dependency between these two to maintain the equilibrium - if either side alters their contribution, it all collapses. interesting what the ball becomes; it’s what the two share, the means of communication. trade would have played a major role in the development of a common language

Comment on currency by tawona

tawona — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:28:57 +0000

stroud pound - naturally rhymes. money having been long established as the universal trading tender. the phrase ‘prize money’ (for winning a competitive event) or ‘prized possessions’ (as in the things you listed that are dear to Stroud) . . .in early years of it’s production, the cloth was much more strongly associated with being ‘dear’/expensive

Comment on words and things by tawona

tawona — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:16:55 +0000

there are some great rhythms in these words. also like the visual impression of the museum objects punctuated with the red Stroud (tennis balls) punctuation marks

Comment on red routes of trade by tawona

tawona — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:13:15 +0000

you get the sense of infiltration or spreading out, as well as the sense of thriving, the bustle of the milling industry coursing through the veins of a community as does red dye in the waterways as does a certain red pigment that we all have in common