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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · 26d

Beautiful square for #StitchAssemblyRGS25 featuring detail of key moments across the #RGS-IBG conference.

'The back with dangling “spiralling” threads signifies the invisible interconnections and on-going (future) weaving of seen and unseen'.

@poppybudworth.bsky.social
@alisonjeffers.bsky.social

Embroidery on a deep orange square of cotton fabric. In the centre, a circle of pattered yellow and white fabric; from top left clockwise there are embroidered stitched in the shape of a bird, a blue feathery plant, a curling wave, a broken leaf, a white flower and a star

A deep orange coloured square of cotton fabric showing the back of embroidered stitches and long tails of cotton threads arranged in a spiralling formation around the square.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26d

A massive, dangerous and disgusting scandal, of which far too few people are yet aware. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social we'll keep pushing to stop it. Congrats to @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social for continuing to shine the light:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms

Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent

www.theguardian.com

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · 27d

Sophy King, Natalie Linney, Henry McPherson, Kayley Pearson, Joey Pickard, Arianna Tozzi & Rachel Webster (3/3)

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · 27d

With @aurorafredriksen.bsky.social @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social @jpritson.bsky.social @draflint.bsky.social Anke Bernau, Abi Bleach, Amanda Cobbett, Khushi Dodhia, Antony Hall, Ingrid Hanson, Oliver Hughes... (2/3)

ORCID

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · 27d

How might stitching help us get to know mosses on more intimate terms?

New coauthored paper from the MossWorlds project on stitching sphagnum moss and doing creative, interdisciplinary work in geography labs: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@uomcreativemcr.bsky.social (1/3)

Embroidered moss made from a selection of textural green fabrics attached to plain cotton fabric stretched across an embroidery hoop. A brown label with the handwritten words 'laboratory incident' is attached to the fabric.

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 8

'Thank you very much for bringing this idea to the conference! It was so creative and fun! Sorry I went a bit out of the square shape.'

Stitched quilt square - a central brown square overlaid with fabric and stitches forming an eye shape in the centre, a patterned fabric leaf shape at the top point, and narrow ribbons of fabric in beige, green and blue tones attached to the bottom point.

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 8

'My daughter (thirteen years old) and I stitched up a small piece together. Thank you for conducting this project of kindness and creativity.'

Stitched quilt square - rectangles of cotton and linen fabric in shades of pink, yellow and cream overlaid and attached with a running stitch and embroidered star or flower shape in the centre

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 8

'My piece traces the geography of my learning journey, and my journeys across the country (...) The blanket stitch which runs along the top of the piece is the 'golden thread' which brings/holds it all together (which I am still seeking within my own research project : )'

Stitched quilt square - overlaid fabrics in warm orange and beige tones, with some frayed edges. A variety of different embroidery stitches, including broken lines that look like river tributaries or road networks. Blanket stiches around the edges of the quilt square

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 8

Stitched quilt square 'Unhomely Home' - a muted pink background with three strips of fabric in grey and salmon tones overlaid at right angles in a cross hatch formation

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 8

'Homely home/Unhomely home.
Forgetting, remembering, designing, creating. Boring transformation making homes unhomes. Missing and protecting homely homes. Concrete jungle, generic spaces. Turned into dust. Lakes, woods, heaven on Earth. In my mind.'

Stitched quilt square 'Homely Home' - a dark grey background fabric overlaid with an orange circle (top left), a tall yellow triangle (right), a band of frayed blue denim (bottom), attached date palm fibres (left) and stitching in beige threads, giving the effect of a sun in a dark sky over water

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 8

More stitched squares shared by remote participants in our #StitchAssemblyRGS25 session at #RGS-IBG conference last month. Big thank you to all who took part & shared their reflections!
@poppybudworth.bsky.social @alisonjeffers.bsky.social

Two overlapping stitched squares. The bottom has dark grey and yellow small shapes stitched onto a salmon pink background, and the top features an embroidered raised fist with the text AC2025 RGS Black Teacher. A small yellow flower sits alongside the stitched piece.

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 8

Featuring illustrations from the brilliant Jack Brougham.
Open access article here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

A comic style illustration of a large cat jumping out of a cardboard box that reads 'methods' on its side, towards a person sitting in a wheelchair who looks surprised. Text reads 'research can be lively, messy and chaotic!' Papers, pens and pencils are also flying out of the box.

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 8

Excited to see our new M4C paper out in a brand new journal #JCRM

'Creative reflections on research practice: insights from the Methods Zoo'

Exploring methods-as-animals with @amycbarron.bsky.social @msrodekirchen.bsky.social @drallyb.bsky.social @smhall.bsky.social @profalibrowne.bsky.social

Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · Mar 18

We’re delighted to introduce you to our latest journal!
The Journal of #CreativeResearchMethods
Edited by @sumingkhoo.bsky.social, Harriet Shortt, @sophierwoodward.bsky.social and consulting editor @drhelenkara.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...
#ResearchMethods #Creativity

Journal Of Creative Research Methods

The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the creative research methods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions from aut...

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · Sep 3

"The destruction of Palestine’s seed banks reveals ecocide as a weapon of temporal control — a strategy for extending genocide beyond the present moment into an undeterminable future."

Truthout @truthout.org · Sep 3

This summer, Israeli bulldozers rolled through the West Bank city of Hebron with ruthless efficiency, targeting Palestine’s only surviving national seed bank. What happened in Hebron fits the legal definition of ecocide — the deliberate destruction of ecosystems to undermine human survival.

Israel’s Attacks on Seed Banks Destroy Millenia of Palestinian Cultural Heritage

When Israel targets Palestinian seed banks, it’s not just destroying buildings. It’s attacking the future itself.

truthout.org

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Ella Hubbard @ella-hubbard.bsky.social · Sep 1

My RGS highlight was the Stich Assembly workshop. This was my attempt to kick off the Watershed Moments project with @riverdonproject.bsky.social. Can you tell what it is?
#StitchAssemblyRGS25

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 1

Love this 😍 thanks so much for joining the workshop!!

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MobileWorlds @mobileworlds.bsky.social · Aug 29

Huge thanks to the #StitchAssemblyRGS25, this was so inspiring! Some short keywords this piece embodies:
#unfinished
#together
#outofthebox
#(un)directionality
#heartening
#multiplepaths

I look forward to seeing the joined quilt!❤️Hoping to reflect a bit of this spirit in the MobileWorlds Festival

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Sana Murrani @sanamurrani.bsky.social · Aug 28

This was so much fun! Making was a creative act of selfcare today and here is my square/map. Thank you Laura and co.

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Tilly Robinson-Miles @tillyrobinsonmiles.bsky.social · Aug 28

My output inspired by what I believe the vision & values of my work in creating a #GoodFoodNation to 'build a long table not a higher wall'

A table with people connecting and eating around it together. A space of equity.

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Tilly Robinson-Miles @tillyrobinsonmiles.bsky.social · Aug 28

@rgsibg.bsky.social #RGSStitchAssembly

Loving the creativity theme of this years conference.

Encouraging us all to pause, reflect & challenge ourselves.

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Dr Kate Carruthers Thomas @drkcarrutherst.bsky.social · Aug 28

Not a natural stitcher but loved participating in #StitchAssemblyRGS25 this morning!

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Dr Poppy Budworth @poppybudworth.bsky.social · Aug 28

✨ The Stitch Assembly is live at #RGSIBG2025 in Birmingham!

Whether you’re here in person or joining from afar, we want you to feel part of our creative community.

Find your moment to stitch & share! #StitchAssemblyRGS25 💫

🧵 A few snapshots so far 👇

Birmingham campus tower in the sun. No people are around and the green trees and plants look peaceful.

Hands reaching for differently dyed and shaped material which are scattered across a white table, holding scissors.

Hands holding differently dyed and shaped material which are scattered across a white table. There is also some thread and a needle on the table, and a small pair of scissors.

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MobileWorlds @mobileworlds.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just getting started on my stitched contribution to RGS 2025. Is this another way of connecting #arts and #research, #PhysicalMobility and #DigitalMibility? Thank you for this beautiful initiative! #RGSIBG2025 #StitchAssemblyRGS25 🧵🪡

#mobileworlds #thirdcultures

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Tilly Robinson-Miles @tillyrobinsonmiles.bsky.social · Aug 28

#StitchAssemblyRGS25 ❤️

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Juliet J. Fall @julietjfall.bsky.social · Aug 28

Creative stitching workshop at the RGS. Geography meets craft in a fabulous moment of sharing time & space. #StitchAssemblyRGS25

What our table produced in an hour: five little stitched squares

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