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Sewn Threads, Cut Threads is an exhibit of the wor

Sewn Threads, Cut Threads is an exhibit of the work of the SWANA
stitching community as part of The Mixed Identities Portland Textile Month 2023 festival @portlandtextilemonth

Please read the info about the exhibit below, and if you would like to submit a piece(s) please fill out the form located in bio.

The exhibit will run for a month, with an opening event on October 21st from 5:00pm to 9:00pm at the SWANA Rose Culture + Community Center @swanarosepdx located at 2942 NE MLK Jr. Boulevard, Portland, OR

Open to all SWANA textile artists- stitching, weaving, knitting, embroidery, felting, crocheting, sewing, quilting, etc. Not limited to traditional textile crafts, as long as it involves textiles. We encourage you to apply at whatever level you are as textile creator. This show also welcomes heritage textiles in conversation with original work you create.

This exhibit will showcase the work of folx who are part of the SWANA
(Southwest Asia and North Africa) stitching community. The works
encompass diasporic, immigrant, mixed, and queer stitches in a
contemporary context with an ancestral throughline across time and
space, oceans, continents, languages and mediums. The textile works
range from Palestinian Tatreez embroidery and Egyptian Khayamiya
appliqué to Armenian Janyak needlelace and many other regional stitches.
Additionally, there will be new works drawing from multiple artistic
disciplines, both ancient and modern, including writing, multimedia,
propaganda, visual and plastic art, and inter-and-multi-disciplinary
works. The event will include presentations by the artists and other
cultural programming as well. And of course all SWANA events include
food, music and dance.

Masks required during installation and exhibition. Artists should be prepared help install, take down, and volunteer for gallery shifts within their capacity.

Another batch of janyak earrings have been added t

Another batch of janyak earrings have been added to the shop. Including a couple with glass char atchk (evil eye) beads
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#janyak #armenianneedlelace #charatchk #evileye

Janyak (Armenian needlelace) earrings

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Handmade with brass and waxed linen thread

I'm not going to become a full time jewelry maker. I am still a printmaker and propagandist. But learning janyak has been a beautiful journey- the history, the art, a new movement in my hands.

The knots and threads that connect us to each other. It's always a metaphor of some sort around here. Ararat, yelag, arshaluys. Sometimes it's a literal representation though.

#janyak #armenianneedlelace #needlelace

Shirts restocked! ❤️ Over the last couple of w

Shirts restocked! ❤️ Over the last couple of weeks I spent days reprinting shirts that were out of stock. I hand print everything. Thanks for your patience, it's a lot ofwork. Appreciate y'all for the support.

#printmaking #screenprint #printstudio #screenprinting #propaganda #hexthepatriarchy #pomegranate #Ecosystem #nosystembuttheecosystem #ftp #acab

All these pieces go to support the @cspp.pdx Whi

All these pieces go to support the @cspp.pdx

While @jerusalemrosemarket in its current iteration and space has closed, we are excited to share what we have in the works for the space next door. In the meantime, we have to pay the rent to keep this important community space open, which currently hosts the @cspp.pdx , @swana_artists_pdx, and the SWANA Stitch. You can also make a one time donation or become a monthly supporter of the space on patreon. Link in my bio!
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#printmaking #radicalprintmaking #screenprint #reliefprint #coffeegrounds #tasseography #armeniancoffee #poppies #swanasolidarity #letterpress #print

Brand new masoor bandanas 🌹🌹🌹 Hand scre

For the love of poppies 1. Hamaink (Commonwealth)

For the love of poppies

1. Hamaink (Commonwealth) part of the @celebratepeopleshistory poster series
2. Land Day - Palestine, March 30th
3. Adelante Artsakh (forward Artsakh)
4. Our Promise
5. Spring Equinox // Nowruz // Trndez
6. Tasseography
7. Operation Nemesis
8. In Memory
9. Another World is Possible
10. @seedsoilspirit Lunar Calendar

#poppies #poppy #papaver #printmaking #screenprint #reliefprint #printmaker #radicalprintmaking #botanicalillustration

Happy Vartavar to all those celebrating today! Las

Happy Vartavar to all those celebrating today! Last weekend we gathered at the river to celebrate based on the pagan calendar. Vartavar (vart meaning rose) has two meanings- the flaming of the rose and to sprinkle with water. It is a celebration of the goddess Astghik. Celebrations include traveling to holy springs, setting up outdoor tables full of food and roses, splashing water on eachother as an act of blessing, gifting roses, eating first fruits. We did these rituals together and offered rose petals to the river. It is said Astghik would do the same on this day to send a message of love that would flow down the river to her lover Vahagn, god of fire. Both water and fire are powerful symbols on this day.

It was a dream to work on the Ancient Fires // Future Waters: Reclaiming Ancient Armenian Rituals zine with @29cents
It allowed me to further my understanding of where we come from and dream about where we are going. Just a reason I love doing any work with @29cents as their work embodies and birthed our modern discussions of SWANA diasporic futurisms. A queer, trans, mixed, bunch of lovely humans creating joy together and trying to do good in the world without the threat of hell but because we believe we should be good to eachother is one of the things I want to see more of in the world.

Photos from our zine along with the gatherings over the last two years.

#vartavar #prechristianarmenia #paganarmenia #rituals

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