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Completely handmade necklace made from recycled copper wire, Picasso Jasper gemstone beads, and Swarovski crystals. One of my all-time favorite pieces.

Black striped agate bracelet by twisted krystal

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Awareness ribbon beaded wire weave pendant by Nancy

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by Margarita Cabrera

Nopal (Christina Zarate), from the series ‘Space in Between’, 2016

US Border Patrol uniform, copper wire, PVC pipe, foam, thread and terracotta pot

Nopal (Wendy F.V.), from the series ‘Space in Between’, 2016

US Border Patrol uniform, copper wire, PVC pipe, foam, thread and terracotta pot

Pipe Organ (Rony P.L.), from the series ‘Space in Between’, 2016

US Border Patrol uniform, copper wire, PVC pipe, foam, thread and terracotta pot

In the Space in Between series, Cabrera extends her exploration of US-Mexico migratory politics using soft sculpture. These interpretations of cacti indigenous to the Southwestern United States are made from discarded US Border Patrol uniforms. They were made collaboratively, in workshops where largely Spanish-speaking communities recounted their immigration stories and embroidered them onto the sculptures. The participants were taught Otomí embroidery, a sewing technique indigenous to the Otomí people of central Mexico, as an effort to maintain a relationship to cultural traditions from Mexico in the USA. The colourful depictions of homes, peoples, national flags, Catholic imagery and celestial bodies contrast with the connotation of the uniforms, which for some stand for security and safety, while for others they invoke feelings of fear, resistance and histories of violence.

The series is titled after the Aztec word nepantla, which refers to places of transition and ‘spaces in between’ — suggesting a symbolic landscape where the relationships of people across divides are renegotiated.*

From the exhibition

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

(February – May 2024)

Textiles are vital to our lives. We are swaddled in them when we’re born, we wrap our bodies in them every day, and we’re shrouded in them when we die.

What does it mean to imagine a needle, a loom or a garment as a tool of resistance? How can textiles unpack, question, unspool, unravel and therefore reimagine the world around us?

Since the 1960s, textiles have become increasingly present in artistic practices for subversive ends. This is significant as the medium has been historically undervalued within the hierarchies of Western art history. Textiles have been considered ‘craft’ in opposition to definitions of ‘fine art’, gendered as feminine and marginalised by scholars and the art market. The 50 international artists in this show challenge these classifications, harnessing the medium to speak powerfully about intimate, everyday stories as well as wider socio-political narratives, teasing out these entangled concerns through a stitch, a knot, a braid, through the warp and the weft. These artists defy traditional expectations of textiles, embracing abstraction or figuration to push the boundaries of the medium. They draw on its material history to reveal ideas relating to gender, labour, value, ecology, ancestral knowledge, and histories of oppression, extraction and trade.

Rather than dictating a chronological history of fibre art, the exhibition is organised in thematic dialogues between artists — across both generations and geographies — to explore how artists have embraced textiles to critique or push up against regimes of power. Some artists work alone with solitary, near-meditative practices, while others reflect the shared approach that the medium often invites, working with collaborators in acts of community and solidarity. Spanning intimate hand-crafted pieces to large-scale sculptural installations, these artworks communicate multi-layered stories about lived experience, invoking the vital issues embedded in fibre and thread.

[*Barbican Centre]

Taken at the Barbican Centre

Spontaneous Bubbles by Andrea

labradorite pendant by twisted krystal

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Ryan Delahoussaye Tribute. by Sarah Camille Davis

This necklace is a tribute to Ryan Dalahoussaye. My favorite musician in the whole world! Made with silver wire and silver chain.

New Garden Muse Pendants by Stephanie Distler Studios

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labradorite pendant by twisted krystal

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green aventurine bracelet by twisted krystal

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banner by Stephanie Distler Studios

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Star on Wall by DrMom

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Turquoise (blue Howlite) by twisted krystal

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2 by CAMELYS UNIKAT BIJOUX

IRIS CORAL NECKLACE- wire SCULPTURE with silver plated and copper wire ,and semiprecious crystals - crystals, corals, pearls; SIZE: 47 CM/3cm ; 18,5 INCH ; unique handmade CAMELY’S UNIKAT BIJOUX; Price – 15 $ /13 euro

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