Posts by claireabaker

CRAFTING FUTURES IN UKRAINE

CRAFTING FUTURES IN UKRAINE

This blog post was published last year on the British Council website: Embroiderer and educator Claire Baker was selected for...

Embroidery as Language:  Dec.’18 & Jan.’19

Embroidery as Language: Dec.’18 & Jan.’19

With the support of British Council’s Crafting Futures programme, I continued to further my Embroidery as a Language project, still focusing on...

Babushka yea yea

Babushka yea yea

The Babushkas have large collections of embroidery and some are displayed proudly around the religious icons in their homes, however...

Babushka Babushka

Babushka Babushka

I have recently returned from the second phase of my ‘Embroidery as a Language’ Project, exploring  non-verbal communication through the...

The Self Settlers of Chernobyl

The Self Settlers of Chernobyl

I took a research trip back to Chernobyl for 2 weeks this Easter; it was mainly to do groundwork for...

Saints and…?

Saints and…?

At the Baltic Book Fair last year, when exhibiting with 26:86 Collective, we were offered an exhibiting opportunity which I...

Blah Blah Blah…

Blah Blah Blah…

I could spend 3 hours+ on catch up information but that’s what has delayed me writing any blog posts recently,...

Long time no see…

Long time no see…

You’d think with being off ‘school’ for 6 weeks, I might have managed extra posts rather than less! However, this...

Walls have layers…

Walls have layers…

Time is flying by and I need some (physical) work, so I have done some and either gone off on...

Print in progress

Print in progress

I’ve been working, that is, ‘physically making’ artwork rather than just typing about it and it’s been very nice to...