Exposition

Stitching for Material Sensitivity: From Traditional to Activist Embroidery (2023)

Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes, Maria Huhmarniemi
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About this exposition

Cochineal is an insect that has been used for textile dyeing since pre-Hispanic cultures in Mexico. This exposition discusses the use of the cochineal insect as a natural dye for wool and the bridge between ancient indigenous knowledge and contemporary artistic research. A transatlantic connection is created between the Mexican plateau and the Arctic region, merging traditional knowledge, contemporary art, crafting and conceptualisation through an artistic embroidery initiative involving researchers, craft artists and human rights activists living in the province of Lapland in Finland. Documentary photos of artistic practice and research diaries enhance discussion on sustainability, tradition, craftivism, decolonisation and indigenous knowledge. This exposition embraces collaborative craftivism through a group initiative called Embroidered Stances, discussions about material interconnectedness in a web-of-life conceptual structure that includes sheep wool, cactus, cochineal and ancestral knowledge. The endorsement of material sensitivity is narrated into embroideries by the first author Cervantes and discussed, acknowledging complexities within issues of cultural and ecological sustainability.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsCraft, arctic, natural dyes, wool, textile practice, activism, artivism, craftivism, artistic research, indigenous knowledge, decolonization
date31/01/2023
published09/11/2023
last modified09/11/2023
statuspublished
share statusprivate
affiliationUniversity of Lapland
copyrightHernandezCervantesF - HuhmarniemiM
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1927154/1927929
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/ruu.1927154
published inRUUKKU - Studies in Artistic Research
portal issue20. Artivism


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1927996 Lola in the forest Maria Huhmarniemi CC BY-NC-ND
1929887 cochineal dyed yarn - embroiderd stances session august 2022 Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
1930317 opuntia cochenille- plant where cochineal lives Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
1937491 First embrodery Fabiola Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
1937499 Secnd embroidery Fabiola Cervances CC BY-NC-ND
1937624 reunus Fabiola Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
1939475 cochineal-vinegar-paper-watercolor-test Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
1939477 kokenilli INSECT-drawing Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
1939480 INSECTS in hand - dyed red yarn Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
1939482 background images - kokenilli-lines-insects Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
1939485 images for background - kokenilli - texture-2 Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
1939487 images for background - watercolor-kokenili - texture-2 Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
1939906 INSECT BUTTON_NEXT Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
1940108 lines background image Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
1947034 embroidered kokenilli ja bottles Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
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1947298 kokenilli bottles Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
1947307 kokenilli bottles in snow 2 Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
1948297 mexican plateau Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
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1961106 yarn circle Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
1961117 yarn circle2 Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
1961170 snow-kokenilli bottles Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
1961188 love wool Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
1961233 seeking for material s - handwritten Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
1961576 yarn insects hand Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
1961810 aroundpot Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
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1963500 yarn circle3 Fabiola Hernandez Cervantes CC BY-NC-ND
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2012811 coordinates slp Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
2012818 cactus-sanluis-2016IMG_5292 Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
2012958 throwing cochineal to mixture Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
2013003 bugs in pot Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
2013035 session 2023 sauna building Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
2013038 yarns session 2023 sauan building Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
2013047 lola at cabin embroideing maria huhmarniemi CC BY-NC-ND
2013068 yarn and cochineal Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
2013074 conclusion Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
2013080 references Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
2013178 Final_skulls_embroidery Fabiola Hernandez CC BY-NC-ND
2244420 newkokenilli2023 Fabiola Hernandez All rights reserved
2244428 cactusimg Fabiola Hernandez All rights reserved
2244534 RE-second sketch_2ndpiece-final-2222 Fabiola Hernandez All rights reserved
2244573 000-RE-second sketch_2ndpiece-final-2222 Fabiola Hernandez All rights reserved
2244731 00000FINAL_skulls-embro-2023 Fabiola Hernandez All rights reserved
2352128 WhatsApp Image 2023-09-09 at 16.33.58222 Fabiola Hernandez All rights reserved

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