Katie May Anderson

Researcher and maker of textiles | MLitt Dress and Textile Histories | she/her 🏳️‍🌈

[Iona Tytler @ionatytler_]

Had a lovely day today collecting stories for our upcoming tapestry project, which will mark the 200th anniversary of our building! 🏰

Looking forward to the tapestry workshops next month with @kmacostume. More information here: https://t.co/iWJGLUsiHx

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

@ZaraKesterton Thanks Zara 💛

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Last month I ran textile workshops with my first group for the Charabancs and Cadilliacs Travel Quit. Participants made some beautiful work, creating their own panel to add to the quilt based on their memories of holidays and travel 🏝️🚢✈️

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

Last week I was back home in Newham for the launch of ‘Charabancs and Cadillacs’ a wonderful community project, for which I will be leading the creation of a quilt inspired by memories of travel and holidays

Funded by @HeritageFundUK
Photo credit: Melissa Page

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

Visited a hidden gem of an exhibition at @japanhouseldn ‘KUMIHIMO: Japanese Silk Braiding’ it was beautifully curated and explored the creation and use of braiding as a traditional hand craft, thoroughly recommend !

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An open day at @KelvinHall16 is a great excuse to spend my morning getting a closer look at some of the university dress collection using a dino-lite 🔍 and talking to people about my masters programme

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Had a day trip today to Fife to see tapestries in a private collection, cycling through fields in the sun (and rain!) was an extra lovely bit to the research trip ⛅️

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

Had the best day dressed as a pirate 🏴‍☠️

[Iona Tytler @ionatytler_]

Had a lovely day running our pirate radio themed activities at @KelvinHall16 as part of the Museum Learning Student Takeover! We really said: ahoy 🏴‍☠️ ✨

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

@moveteachinspir @nationaltrust Would love to hear more!

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Yesterday I had a dissertation research visit to @nationaltrust Nostell to see their tapestries and all the staff were so lovely and helpful! Also glad to see some signage to address the racist imagery in an object on display, but several other visitors were vocally annoyed by it

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

@bluebelldreamer @nationaltrust Thank you ! I am researching The Continents tapestry series produced by the Borght family, two are at Nostell so I had to visit!

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Another great thing about Nostell is that it can be got to easily on public transport, a rare thing for many National Trust properties! Although the bus driver was very surprised that we were at the bus stop outside Nostell, so probably not a common way of getting there

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

Had a fantastic evening at @UofGARC with @polarframe showing our mini exhibition The Fabric of Gaming ! Thanks to the @UofGGamesLab for supporting our exhibition 🎮✨

[Peter Watson @polarframe]

Yes! Come along tomorrow evening and visit @kmacostume and I's exhibition on the history of costume design and textiles in fantasy gaming ⚔👾

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

‘The Fabric of Gaming’ exhibition is returning to the ARC @UofGlasgow for a night celebrating sustainability and video games, sign up for free here: https://t.co/v6RSseJo2D @UofGGamesLab

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

Disappointing to read that @EEWomensMuseum still lacks a physical location. It sounded like an amazing opportunity to have a museum in Barking, still there is great work being done on their website blog exploring women’s stories: https://t.co/1YjOId1979

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

Today marks 180 years since the opening of the Thames Tunnel! Commemorative handkerchiefs were sold as souvenirs, two survive in @BrunelMuseum collection:
https://t.co/As0yoCwARN and https://t.co/6jK7xXSnlv

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

Dissertation topic sneak peek 👀 my ✨tapestry era✨ is here

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Visited the National Records of Scotland for the first time for dissertation research! Love the low-tech readers cards to access the archive 🔎

[Katie May Anderson @kmacostume]

@AldenBrien Recently discovered this book in the library its truely amazing