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I SHALL NOT WANT , by me, 2025. i don’t usually do textile work but i have been lately i guess

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handmade by Trovelore

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It’s All For U (If U Rlly Want It)

woven jacquard, glass seed beads and machine embroidery

59 x 85 1/2 in

2024

Waiting to Exhale

woven jacquard and glass seed beads

2022

Qualeasha Wood

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September 17th, 2024 - 9'3" x 8 25", acrylic

Original photo taken in Center City Philadelphia

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Old piece but I needed new pics. For some reason I made a .5" HST quilt out of T-shirts

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she’s done!! a lot shorter than my last but it did serve as a preparatory work for my final which i’m super super excited to start working on!!!

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A Kris amigurumi! Their design demanded more sewing than I expected, but I think it was worth it!

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Pattern can be found here

Little WIP for my step mom's birthday! Still need to add the border and mount it.

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Afshar Sofreh textiles from South East and Central Persia.

Circa early 1900s

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17th Century Knitted Bag (Spain), The Smithsonian Institute

Knitted with red and white silk, this bag features a drawstring top and motifs including ships, figures, and birds.

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The Jumper Chair (England, 2022), created by Freddie Robbins and Carl Clerkin

Part of the Beasley Brothers Repair Shop installation in the Eternally Yours – Care, Repair and Healing exhibition at Somerset House, London.

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Made a little patch for my cross body bag :)) pattern can be found here (cianaknits the Foosh pattern)

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Square Bloom

quilt by Jo Wollschlaeger

2nd place in American Patchwork & Quilting Transparency Quilting Challenge, QuiltCon 2025

this challenge focused on the illusion of transparency in quilting.

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Tenderly Crocheted Sculptures by Caitlin McCormack Contend with Existential Dread

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Some say it was a Warning…..

Crochet album cover no.6 🖤

I think this might be my favourite so far

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500-year-old Snake Figure from Peru (Incan Empire), c. 1450-1532 CE: this fiber craft snake was made from cotton and camelid hair, and it has a total length of 86.4cm (about 34in)

This piece was crafted by shaping a cotton core into the basic form of a snake and then wrapping it in structural cords. Colorful threads were then used to create the surface pattern, producing a zig-zag design that covers most of the snake's body. Some of its facial features were also decorated with embroidery.

A double-braided rope is attached to the distal end of the snake's body, near the tip of its tail, and another rope is attached along the ventral side, where it forms a small loop just behind the snake's lower jaw. Similar features have been found in other serpentine figures from the same region/time period, suggesting that these objects may have been designed for a common purpose.

Very little is known about the original function and significance of these artifacts; they may have been created as decorative elements, costume elements, ceremonial props, toys, gifts, grave goods, or simply as pieces of artwork.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art argues that this figure might have been used as a prop during a particular Andean tradition:

In a ritual combat known as ayllar, snakes made of wool were used as projectiles. This effigy snake may have been worn around the neck—a powerful personal adornment of the paramount Inca and his allies—until it was needed as a weapon. The wearer would then grab the cord, swing the snake, and hurl it in the direction of the opponent. The heavy head would propel the figure forward. The simultaneous release of many would produce a scenario of “flying snakes” thrown at enemies.

The same custom is described in an account from a Spanish chronicler named Cristóbal de Albornoz, who referred to the tradition as "the game of the ayllus and the Amaru" ("El juego de los ayllus y el Amaru").

The image below depicts a very similar artifact from the same region/time period.

Why Indigenous Artifacts Should be Returned to Indigenous Communities.

Sources & More Info:

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Snake Ornament

Serpent Symbology: Representations of Snakes in Art

Journal de la Société des Américanistes: El Juego de los ayllus y el Amaru

Yale University Art Gallery: Votive Fiber Sculpture of an Anaconda

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Another smaller rollie pollie!