tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post4248330536115748247..comments2024-02-28T21:55:28.899-08:00Comments on True Stitches: Back to the FibreshedHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188002198879523397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-54530523446268184832011-07-15T10:02:20.961-07:002011-07-15T10:02:20.961-07:00Complicated issue for sure! I own a triplet (3 att...Complicated issue for sure! I own a triplet (3 attached together) of those mummy dolls, purchased at least 30 years ago before I found out that the cloth was plundered from gravesites. The spinning and weaving on them is wonderful and like Jean, I feel that I'm preserving them somehow. I certainly wouldn't get rid of them even though I feel that their creation was totally wrong and that my buying them probably encouraged more grave robbing behaviour. Sigh. Did someone mention complicated?Louisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685532773952211627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-50418441263894909842011-07-10T09:07:27.244-07:002011-07-10T09:07:27.244-07:00I share your questions, Dru. I think creating a la...I share your questions, Dru. I think creating a lace shawl or sweater in the style of another culture to learn and appreciate more of that culture is fantastic - our world should be all about that kind of sharing. When commerce enters the picture, it changes things, though. We would never try and replicate a piece of boro cloth to sell it as a genuine Japanese piece, but we might just to enter into a deeper relationship with cloth and enrich ourselves creatively.<br /><br />it's a complicated issue!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17188002198879523397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-55349429542669777512011-07-09T23:10:30.836-07:002011-07-09T23:10:30.836-07:00yes... this debate is always so interesting, and i...yes... this debate is always so interesting, and i had never thought about it in relation to knitting. and really, while i'm still obsessing over dissertation topics, a very good reason for me not to write about CPWs.<br /><br />what about the desire to reproduce garments (or anything) from a particular culture and history? how about just taking inspiration from it? i was thinking about this when reading art & fear. they write that art has to be rooted in one's own time & place. otherwise it's just appropriation. <br /><br />but i'm still fascinated with boro, and estonian lace, and i still really want to knit an orenburg someday. how can one not look back and elsewhere when there is such beauty?Drucillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228978343783804866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-8560050802029733012011-07-06T13:14:25.428-07:002011-07-06T13:14:25.428-07:00Heather, thank you for writing this. With increase...Heather, thank you for writing this. With increased globalization among crafts people, due mostly to the internet, it is critically important that all craftpeople respect the traditions, culture and work of peoples around the world. this message needs to be spoken and heard more oftenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com