During a solar eclipse, the gaps between leaves on trees act as multiple pinhole cameras,

and each gap projects its own crescent-shaped image of the eclipsed sun onto the ground.

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Polish painter Nespoon creates street art with lace patterns #WomensArt

High levels of #PFAS from #textiles have been detected along Asia's longest river, the #Yangtze , posing low to medium #ecologicalrisks .
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#chemicals #texfash #China #Aberdeen #Scotland

James Hutton Institute

It was all such fun in the 1970s...

Tuesday shoes. French, C18th, leather. Via The Met #shoes #dresshistory #fashionhistory

Purse, early 17th century, British Catalogue notes: 'Small decorative purses and bags such as this one rarely appear in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century portraits, but they have survived in relatively large numbers'. (Met Museum)

This is one with much gold & silver thread

To candy flowers with their own colour and smell ... and keep them all the year

!!! Womens Cultural Heritage WomenAid International #WAI_GSN #WOWGlobalAwards Pida Ripley

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1780s pattern, Made 2023

Cotton coutil + cotton/poly damask.

Closed garment measurements:
34' Chest
27' Waist

Fit intended for 37' bust/29-30' waist

Found in 1867, the Orkney Hood is the only complete piece of clothing to survive from before the medieval period in Scotland 🐏

The garment was lost or deliberately left in a bog over 1,500 years ago and the lack of oxygen slowed its decay for centuries: digitscotland.com/scottish-artef…

... have always loved the dramatic design of this outfit.

Japanese artist Kumi Yamashita winds a single black thread around a grid of nails on a wooden board to create intricate portraits #WomensArt

Happy Eclipse! 🌞🌛✨

Not fortunate enough to see it here, but I have been thinking about this piece of embroidery because of it.

In this period of the year, in Antalya, Türkiye, handmade carpets are left under the sun to allow their colours to soften and become more muted antique-style.

And this is the view from above.

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... richly dramatic textiles

Embroidery Exploration Week! ✨
Discover the Oya, the Turkish art of needle lace. These delicate embellishment often adorn scarves and sleeves.

Learn more: judy-nolan.com/2014/01/30/the…

#Needlework #Embroidery Exploration #Embroidery

Louise Gardiner, UK textile artist and designer who produced unique pieces of embroidered art  #WomensArt

The eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD caused a group of painters/decorators to flee Pompeii, leaving behind their unfinished work & these paint pots & mixing bowls. Pigments shown here range from yellow (ochre) to blue (Egyptian Blue) to red (Haematite)
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