Have spent the last week whilst I've been sick learning some Tatreez embroidery, which is a traditional form of Palestinian embroidery 🪡

I've learnt it via a gorgeous website called www.tatreeztraditions.com which offers how to and free downloads of motifs 🌲

Nothing says 'i work in a small charity museum' like my girlfriend volunteering on the front of desk this weekend like a true comrade 🫡

Does everyone who wants to do a PhD worry about the gap in their work experience during those years?

I fear that unfortunately now a days, academia alone is not enough for employers, especially in the museum sector. They want you to work for your PhD AND have a job alongside.

New to Bluesky? Here's your weekly reminder that we maintain an Arts & Culture Starter Pack, filled with museums, libraries, galleries and creators that you can follow in a single click.

If you're an organisation that's interested in being added, please DM us!

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I wrote a piece for @shcg.bsky.social newsletter magazine about some beautiful embroideries at the Museum of Cambridge. In my role as Collections Officer I curated 'The Stories Behind the Stitches' which has sadly ended now, but got to research all about these pieces stitched by injured soldiers. 🪡

Look at these good guys at the @sainsburycentre.bsky.social new exhibition 'Why Do We Take Drugs?' - obsessed with this artists work 🦌

I saw someone sat in Five Guys in Norwich just... wearing a 'Trump, Make America Great Again' top... I'm too tired for this kinda nonsense

"The Quilt Index is an open access, digital repository of thousands of images, stories and information about quilts and their makers drawn from hundreds of public and private collections around the world." (via The Syllabus Project) quiltindex.org

Hello! My name is Beau and I work in museums, am a big fan of textiles, created the Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt with my partner Alice, and do things like embroidery and cross stitch myself 🪡