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Found these laser etched tissues in my studio this morning, made in 2009 during a residency at the #womenslibrary. They combine laundry instructions with Victorian decorative motifs, inspired by commemorative napkins & hankies from the collection. ImageImage
@LSEnews @TheCassArt In case you were wondering 'handkerchiefs must be steeped separately from other articles and salt must be added to the water- one tablespoon to one quart of water. Mucous is soluble in salt solution'
@LSEnews @TheCassArt And 'Handkerchiefs should be ironed when quite wet as this gives them a slight stiffness. The handkerchief should be laid flat on a table and ironed all over. It should then be folded in two, with the edges even, ironed over again all over, and folded in four, ironing as before'
@LSEnews @TheCassArt Source= 'The home of today' p.199 special rules for ironing, date unknown
@LSEnews @TheCassArt Source= papers of Miss Ethel Robson, 'laundry demonstration notes' September 1911

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Sep 25, 2020
Interesting conversations this week about the potentials of walking art & other outdoor experiences as pedagogy in a covid world with colleagues who are not linked in to the arts world, so a thread on outdoor stuff in London might be useful? @AcademicChatter @EastLondonUCU 1/
2/ first up @tamashatheatre and @agencyofconey 'We Are Shadows' currently running on brick lane (tix from rich mix, very cheap) is an audio walk/adventure touching on themes of migration, culture, displacement, gentrification & food.
3/ nearby @PlatformLondon 's 'And While London burns' (free) is an operatic walk through the dark heart of global connections in the city of London, brilliant for international development students, those studying finance, economics & banking and much more!
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Aug 6, 2020
Working in my studio today& unearthed these commemorative handkerchiefs from a residency @ the womens library in 2008/9 The border lists launderettes past& present in East London, the centre motif is drawn from archive collections of suffragette souvenirs& laundry instructions. A Kleenex tissue with lette...A Kleenex tissue with lette...
The women's library collections are now held @LSELibrary & include some amazing suffragette ephemera including paper and cloth souvenir handkerchiefs.
Also laundry related histories like household manuals, girls' school curricula on 'correct' laundry methods, & the public baths & washhouses act which was opposed by some MPs because it would give women space to TALK to each other.....
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Jul 6, 2020
Do you live in #Hackney E8 and have a fruit tree in your garden that you can't harvest, or can't use all the fruit from? #EastEndJam is expanding its physically distant foraging work to include home grown as well 🙂. Thread 1/ Red cherry plums
Basically we forage, prepare & preserve fruit, making jams, jellies & chutneys that are shared with the people who've worked on them, with excess distributed through local food banks. So far this summer we've made cherry & elderflower jam from Hackney marshes & London Fields 2/ Mahonia berries in a bag
We've made Mahonia jelly from berries picked on the @WETRAE8 estate & Blackstone Estate. You don't have to have a garden to get involved. If you'd like to learn about edible plants, fruits and berries get in touch. We share identification guides & location tips to help you 3/ A pan of dark purple Mahoni...
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Apr 30, 2020
For @bbcarts #CultureinQuarantine here's a thread on my collaboration with #ClaireHind #WaysToWanderTheGallery developed out of an @ahrcpress networks project, and was delivered with @Tate in 2017 #MuseumFromHome 1/5 the front cover of the 2018...
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Nov 22, 2019
The special edition of @theCSPA quarterly on WALKING that I have guest edited is available NOW! Featuring luscious content from @hedgesprite @BibiCalderaro @AmySharrocks & #SharynEgan #MaraaCollective #LuciaMonge @PlantonMovil you can buy a copy here: magcloud.com/browse/issue/1… A magazine cover with the h...
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Jul 2, 2019
I'm about to start a rewalking of #walkwalkwalk's 2007 ' Chip Shop Tour of E8'. Can't way to see what's changed. @hilswalk will be simultaneously walking for chips in Prespes, Greece at #MadeOfWalking 1/ Image
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