Do you value the skills that go into making clothes more when they’re handmade? Do you follow a pattern or go your own way?
Birmingham based textile artist Sara Fowles has collected five stories of heritage, knitting and textiles in Birmingham’s Black community.
In this episode she talks to Venetia Headlam, a Black woman born and raised in Birmingham. She was taught to knit and crochet by her mother. Her family gatherings in her maternal grandparents’ home in Aston were the most memorable ties to her Caribbean heritage - paper plates piled with food, reggae, soca and R&B playing and the inevitable loud game of dominoes.
A podcast series by Sara Fowles about Black women knitters as part of 'YARNING’ projects by Trevor Pitt.
This podcast series marks Windrush Day which, in 2023, celebrates 75 years since the ship’s arrival in the UK.
This series was commissioned by Craftspace, a charity creating opportunities to see, make and be curious about exceptional contemporary craft. We are based in Birmingham UK and work collaboratively regionally, nationally and internationally.