The Embroiderer's Story: Folk Art Auction Today

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Folk Art Auction Today - Sunday, August 12th

Skinner Auction Sunday August 12, 2018

There is a great auction of an amazing folk art collection here in Boston today and there are many, many embroidered samplers and memorials if you are in the market to buy or to look and see. Most are New England samplers with a few of the highly valued New Hampshire and Rhode Island ones.

If you love folk art, there is something in every category from pottery, furniture, paper-cutwork, paintings, toys, etc. At the very least it is fun to look through the online catalog!

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My Background and Passions

I've been embroidering or 'building with a needle' since I was four and started teaching embroidery to adults when I was 12. I went to MIT and got a PhD in engineering and helped to start a field called Electronic Textiles. I have always loved history as well and took some crazy-cool course work about using materials science as an archeological tool. That is the basis of my work in embroidery. I see my embroidery teaching as one facet of being a historian of textile materials culture.

Today, I balance three jobs - Thistle Threads, an engineering practice, and am a partner in Tokens and Trifles. It is crazy, but when you have many loves it is just what you do. Much of this is an outgrowth of how I think, which is a bit unusual since I am dyslexic.

In this blog you will notice themes that align with my passions: historic embroidery, teaching engineering to today's youth, and understanding different learning styles. In my off time, I coach a championship robotics team of teens as well as a team of elementary kids. I am really proud of them! Helping to develop E-Textile projects for summer camps to encourage girls in STEM is another activity that makes my plate pretty full.

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Sunday, August 12, 2018

Folk Art Auction Today - Sunday, August 12th

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