This episode features a conversation with Atlanta Paraskeva, a final year undergraduate student on the BA (Hons) Textile Design course at Cardiff School of Art & Design, about their final year research which explores the cultural, emotional and contemporary values within Lefkaritiko – a form of Cypriot lace making

In conversation with Atlanta are Dr Martyn Woodward and Emma Smith

You can find out more about Atlanta’s work via Instagram @atlantahaley

If you would like to follow up on some of the ideas discussed in this episode you may find the following resources interesting:

• Lefkara Laces, or Lefkaritika, Lefkara from the Ministry of Education and Culture for UNESCO available on Youtube here.
• The Changing Role of Cultural Heritage in Traditional Textile Crafts from Cyprus by Kokko and Kaipainen
• The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine by Roszika Parker
• Regular progressive work occupies my mind best: Needlework as a source of Entertainment, Consolation and Reflection by Briget Long

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