Interesting video - Dyeing the Kimono...

Yohji Yamamoto: Yuzen from Victoria and Albert Museum on Vimeo.

Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester

I visited the Whitworth to see Cornelia Parker's Magna Carta work. It was fascinating and I loved the story behind its making. It was fun spotting the famous names and finding the words they had stitched. The embroidery pictures stitched by Guild members were impressive. I hadn't realised but there was another exhibition involving textiles called Art_Textiles. This had pieces by various textile artists, most of which I hadn't heard of, but including Tracey Emin and Grayson Perry. The exhibition was interesting, exploring the 'art or craft' conundrum, and was definitely textiles on a large scale

Interesting video - How beauty is produced...

Observing and Transforming Tradition from Takashi Hirukawa on Vimeo.