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Kantha in Bengali means cloth, traditionally made from the best parts of old worn saris or dhotis. Also the name of a way of stitching in which variations of running stitch are worked though all the layers of cloth, quilting them together, creating intricate designs #WomensArt
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Kantha in Bengali means cloth, traditionally made from the best parts of old worn saris or dhotis. Also the name of a way of stitching in which variations of running stitch are worked though all the layers of cloth, quilting them together, creating intricate designs #WomensArt
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"The circle is the synthesis of the greatest oppositions. It combines the concentric and the eccentric in a single form and in equilibrium. Of the three primary forms, it points most clearly to the fourth dimension."
- W.Kandinsky -
🖼️ : "Circles in a Circle", 1923, oil on canvas
#Quotes #Art
- W.Kandinsky -
🖼️ : "Circles in a Circle", 1923, oil on canvas
#Quotes #Art
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
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An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition.
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition.
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
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Edward Steichen, American (1879-1973), Flatiron Building, 1904-05, three-color halftone print, printed 1906, 21.6 x 16.5 cm, private collection
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Edward Steichen, American (1879-1973), Flatiron Building, 1904-05, three-color halftone print, printed 1906, 21.6 x 16.5 cm, private collection
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My hometown absolutely floored me this past week. FLOORED.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
We'll see if they actually mean it, but this announcement after one week confirms that Charlotte was impeccably well organized for this moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
Federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina, has ended, sheriff's office says
A federal immigration crackdown based in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city, is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday.
www.cbsnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My hometown absolutely floored me this past week. FLOORED.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
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'Snow in the Suburbs' by UK printmaker Gail Brodholt #WomensArt
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
'Snow in the Suburbs' by UK printmaker Gail Brodholt #WomensArt
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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I was a peace corps volunteer in South Africa and it changed the entire trajectory of my life. I am still in touch with my host sister. This is yet another unnecessary tragedy. www.peacecorps.gov/about-the-ag...
Peace Corps to Phase Out Country Program in South Africa by 2027
www.peacecorps.gov
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I was a peace corps volunteer in South Africa and it changed the entire trajectory of my life. I am still in touch with my host sister. This is yet another unnecessary tragedy. www.peacecorps.gov/about-the-ag...
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Four plus hours of hyperfocus and I’ve got a bookmark design for our children’s bookshop pop-up @spyglassbooks.bsky.social
There will be words at the top.
But I need to lie down now.
There will be words at the top.
But I need to lie down now.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Four plus hours of hyperfocus and I’ve got a bookmark design for our children’s bookshop pop-up @spyglassbooks.bsky.social
There will be words at the top.
But I need to lie down now.
There will be words at the top.
But I need to lie down now.
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Tapestry created by women of the Otomi people of central Altiplano (Mexican Plateau) region of Mexico #womensart
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Tapestry created by women of the Otomi people of central Altiplano (Mexican Plateau) region of Mexico #womensart
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The Visionary Flowers, 2002 by Yayoi Kusama #womensart
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The Visionary Flowers, 2002 by Yayoi Kusama #womensart
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How I love these
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
How I love these
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Hundreds of thousands of deaths have already occurred as a result of the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID.
Dr. Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Have Already Died Since Trump Closed USAID
“We had the cure for death from malnutrition, and we took it away.” We speak to surgeon and health policy expert Atul Gawande about the Trump administration’s near-total dismantling of USAID. Gawande,...
www.democracynow.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hundreds of thousands of deaths have already occurred as a result of the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID.
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John Constable, British (1776-1837), The Sea near Brighton, c. 1826, oil paint on paper on card, 17.5 x 23.8 cm, Tate Britain, London, England
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
John Constable, British (1776-1837), The Sea near Brighton, c. 1826, oil paint on paper on card, 17.5 x 23.8 cm, Tate Britain, London, England
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Alexandra Verkerk, Argentine-Dutch (1957- ), Walk on Water, 2023, oil on linen, 90 x 120 cm, private collection
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alexandra Verkerk, Argentine-Dutch (1957- ), Walk on Water, 2023, oil on linen, 90 x 120 cm, private collection
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'Bush Flowers' by Raelene Stevens, contemporary Indigenous Australian painter from the Tweed Valley area of NSW #WomensArt
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
'Bush Flowers' by Raelene Stevens, contemporary Indigenous Australian painter from the Tweed Valley area of NSW #WomensArt
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The work of Sue Welfare, contemporary UK printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmaker
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The work of Sue Welfare, contemporary UK printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmaker
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Dutch avant-garde painter
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Dutch avant-garde painter
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
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The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaker
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaker
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates sculptures of animals using a technique involving rolled strips of wet newspaper #womensart
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates sculptures of animals using a technique involving rolled strips of wet newspaper #womensart