《历史的针脚》内容简介
《星期日泰晤士报》畅销书
2019年萨蒂尔学会最佳处女作
刺绣背后的世界史
记述针线在历史间隙留下的宝贵记录
针线和缝纫刺绣艺术的发展始终伴随着人类文明的进程,它不仅是一种生活技能或艺术形式,也是历史的记述、文化的传承。衣着、旗帜、补钉和刺绣,是人们用来证明自身存在、表达情感的最佳工具。
刺绣大师克莱尔·亨特带领我们跨越几个世纪,穿越几大洲——从中世纪的法国到当代的墨西哥和美国,从新加坡的战俘营到苏格兰的家庭阁楼——记录了各大洲男人和女人的故事,以及他们是如何运用针线这门“语言”,发出属于自己的声音。
作者简介
克莱尔·亨特(ClareHunter)
少女时代起即与针线为伴,曾在剧院工作,做过策展人,后投身社区艺术。她是“SewingMatters”网站的发起者。1984年英国煤矿工人大罢工期间她接触到了横幅制作,之后的二十多年里她始终致力于此,同时继续着自己作为社区艺术家和策展人的职业生涯,并在格拉斯哥开办了一家社区企业,推广“针线与人类生活密切相关”这一理念。
2016年获得苏格兰创意奖,2017年入围《美学》杂志创意写作奖决选。
Introduction to the Needle of History
Sunday Times bestseller
The Satyr Academy's Best First Novel 2019
The history of the world behind embroidery
The precious record of the needle and thread left in the gap of history
The development of needlework, sewing and embroidery has always been accompanied by the process of human civilization. It is not only a life skill or art form, but also a historical description and cultural inheritance. Clothing, flags, stitching and embroidery are the best tools people use to prove their existence and express their emotions.
Master embroider Claire Hunt takes us across centuries and continents - from medieval France to contemporary Mexico and the United States, from POW camps in Singapore to family attics in Scotland - documenting the stories of men and women on every continent and how they use the "language" of needle and thread to make their voices heard.
About the author
Claire Hunter
She has worked with needle and thread since she was a girl, worked in theatre, as a curator, and then became involved in community art. She is the founder of the website SewingMatters. She was introduced to banner making during the 1984 coal miners' strike in the UK and continued to do so for more than two decades, while continuing her career as a community artist and curator and starting a community enterprise in Glasgow to promote the idea that needle and thread are intimately connected to human life.
She won the Scottish Creative Award in 2016 and was a finalist in Aesthetics magazine's Creative Writing Award in 2017.