#Embroidery – musart research lab

Some time ago I participated in a craftivist project called UDHR Quilt that aims to promote human rights. The #UDHRquilt Project is a collaborative craftivism initiative documenting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). It uses craft as a tool and a strategy to celebrate the UHDR and raise awareness to the ways it is…

“Each stitching, every piece of fabric, and all the colours talk about me”

A powerful documentary made by Karen Bernedo Morales about the arpilleras embroidered by a group of women forcibly displace who came to Lima then Huaycán and suffered discrimination. Source: https://vimeo.com/70147888

Dahlia Rodriguez Atelier My passion for embroidery has no limits, this is why I´m not taking this art in my hands, because of the respect I have for this needlework. Nevertheless, I collect in a virtual, and preliminary, gallery, the work of some wonderful artists I admire. These women use the needle to express feelings,…

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