“She embellished the embellishments…”
The Crazy Quilt craze began in the last quarter of the 19th C. among upper-middle class American women. Though the exact origins of the style are still debated most...
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Splitting Threads: Cataloging MCML’s Needlecraft Collection
In a 10,000-object collection uniformity is an absolute necessity for providing adequate documentation and care for museum objects. Without these, our ability to retrieve information or even objects is...
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Scrapbooks in the MCML Collection
The MCML collection holds a large number of homemade scrapbooks and journals dating from the 19th century all the way to the 21st century. The history of scrapbooking dates all...
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Piecing Together the Manitoba Wildflower Rug
This wildflower rug, designed and hooked by members of the Crafts Guild of Manitoba Rug Hooking Group in the 1940s, is an iconic piece in the MCML collection. While MCML...
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Searle Grain: Manitoba’s Weaving History
The MCML collection holds a large number of records that detail Manitoba’s rich history of weaving, much of which can be credited to the Searle Grain Company. In 1942 the...
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Edna Sutherland Donations
Edna Sutherland was one of MCML’s first donors in the 1930s. Museum documentation from that time period was much less robust than now, so unfortunately we do not have much...
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Egyptian Woven Tapestry
This particular wall hanging tapestry is quite special. Not only was it made by a nine-year-old boy, this child learnt this craft by attending a well known arts school in...
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Arpilleras – Traditional Chilean Folk-Art
Arpilleras are embroidered small tapestries with origins in traditional Chilean folk-art. Arpilleras typically feature a bright variety of colours, depicting the artists’ memories or messages they wish to communicate through...
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Bursary Fund Helps Craftspeople Affected by Pandemic
Craft, like so many sectors, has been hit hard by the pandemic. Loss of revenue from large, in-person craft sales, workshops, retail, and exhibitions has presented a serious challenge to...
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Career + Development for Artists
Visit Creative Manitoba for many more professional development opportunities! Make and Do – Ceramics Directory make and do is an initiative to promote ceramic design and art from Canadian makers. The collective is comprised...
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