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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Biscuit flavour: Almond & rose (inspired by marchpane, a historical form of marzipan). Designs painted onto royal icing by hand using food colouring gels and vodka. This research is supported by the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Programme (@britishacademy.bsky.social).

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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Together with historian Dr Anouska Lester, I’m trawling through documents like the ones biscuified here to show how integral tradespeople were to the early modern theatre industry. The project is titled ‘Shakespeare’s Makers’. Stay tuned for our findings!

A bullet-point list of the sources used to create this biscuit set. The text reads as follows:

The items depicted in this biscuit set include:

Top row (from left to right)
- The parish register for Saint Mary Magdalen, Milk Street (1559-1653)
- The Agas Map of London (1561)
- John Stow’s 'Survey of London' (1633)
- The Fishmongers’ Funeral Pall (c.1512-38), a richly embroidered textile piece used to adorn the coffins of members of the Fishmongers’ livery company

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- An anonymous 1809 engraving depicting Cheapside c.1547
- A receipt documenting the sale of clothing to Elizabethan theatre impresario Philip Henslowe
- A portrait of Dame Barbara Stone (c.1605), wife of Sir William Stone, Clothworker
- The will of Jane Heath (1638), wife of Richard Heath, Mercer

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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪

A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.

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Marie Ruiz-Vidal @ruizvidal7.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Félix Vallotton

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Lucy Ogden, ceramic artist living and working in Shoreham by Sea on the south coast of the UK #WomensArt (via Instagram)

Four white plates with angular images of black birds all against a wood backdrop

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On short lifespans

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The name alone conjures visions of delectable treats, Poiret’s 1912/13 Sorbet gown. It offered a new silhouette that reimagined womenswear at this transitional time, illustrated too by George’s Lepape’s drawings @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin posed in Poiret’s distinctive sorbet gown consisting of black and white satin in panels embroidered with stylised floral motifs around the bell shaped bodice. It has a pink silk sash and a draped asymmetric skirt

A fashion drawing of the Poiret Sorbet gown with the figure striking the same pose as the mannequin wearing the striking black, white and floral dress

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rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Takao Tanabe, BC’s most renowned living artist, is 100 years old today. There is an outstanding retrospective of his long career at the Audain Gallery in Whistler. As a youth, Takao, along with his family, was forcibly uprooted and interned at Lemon Creek during WW II.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Gerald A. Cooper (1896-1975) ~ Sunflower Seeds

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Edward Hopper House on the shore, 1924

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Frank Johnston Canadian artist 1888-1949 September Clouds, Georgian Bay oil on paperboard 15.4 x 20.3 cm #Canadianart

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Charles E. Burchfield September Wind, 1955 watercolour on paper 14 x 20 in #CharlesBurchfield

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

N. C. Wyeth 1882-1945 Island Funeral, 1939 Egg tempera and oil on a hardboard panel #Americanart

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

An absolute #1920s favourite by Madeleine Vionnet, creating a cascade of different shades of green in every increasingly loops of colour. The vermicelli style embroidery and jeweled trim is the icing on the tippity top #PalaisGalliera #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Back view of a loose sleeveless dress in shades of green from emerald in the centre to pale at the outer edge. It has a long curved train and is trimmed with green gems and metallic embroidery

Front view of the 1920s loose sleeveless dress with scoops of metallic embroidery and gems decorating the different shades of green

Fabric detail of the loose sleeveless dress in different shades of green. It highlights the jewelled embellishment and metallic embroidery

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Lucienne Day 1917-2010, influential mid 20thc British textile designer #womensart

Textile design with vertical rows of yellow circles and inner individual motifs inside against a white background

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Alan Collier Canadian artist From the High Hill, Across Sproat Lake to Port Alberni 24 x 32 in. #Canadianart

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Jack Leonard Shadbolt Canadian artist 1909-1998 Summer Sea & Rocks, 1946 oil on board 18 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. #JackShadbolt #Canadianart

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Janet Fish American artist, b. 1938 - Pears and Autumn Leaves, 1988 Lithograph , ed. 60 97.8 x 73.7 cm #Americanart #JanetFish

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Stacey Lynn Durand Enfield, Milton and Portsmouth, 2015 Acrylic collage and graphite on panel #Americanart #StaceyLynnDurand

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Lois Dodd American artist Door Staircase, 1981 Oil on linen #Americanart #LoisDodd

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Clarence A. Porter Canadian artist b. 1960 The Reaching No 5 Pastel ‐ Paper 33.25" x 46.75" #Canadianart

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Karin Franzen art quilt Her work combines silk dyeing, collage, screen printing, painting, piecing and appliqué. #KarinFranzen #Artquilt

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Pekka Halonen Finnish artist 1865-1933 Hiekkaranta, 1896 #Finnishart

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

John Sloan American painter and etcher A Gloucester Day, 1915 1871-1951 #Americanart

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Marie Ruiz-Vidal @ruizvidal7.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Henri Matisse La Baie de Nice 1918

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Marie Ruiz-Vidal @ruizvidal7.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Vassily Kandinsky Composition, 1930

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

David Hockney. Dog Days. 1996

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Felandus Thames Contemporary American artist She did what she could, 2025 H: 76.35in x W: 48in x D: 4in Hairbeads on coated wire with aluminum rod #FerlandusThames

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Felandus Thames Believed to be Jenny Freeman in her Sunday's best, 2025 H: 92.25in x W: 60in x D: 4in Hairbeads on coated wire with aluminum rod #FerlandusThames

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Georgia O'Keeffe @gokeeffe.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Blue and Green Music www.artic.edu/artworks/24306

Around 1920 Georgia O’Keeffe painted a number of oils exploring, as she later recalled, “the idea that music could be translated into something for the eye.” In Blue and Green Music, O’Keeffe’s colors and forms simultaneously suggest the natural world and evoke the experience of sound. She was drawn to the theories of the Russian Expressionist painter Vasily Kandinsky, who, in his 1912 text Concerning the Spiritual in Art, argued that visual artists should emulate music in order to achieve pure expression free of literary references.

Alfred Stieglitz Collection, gift of Georgia O'Keeffe

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Antonio López García - The Quince Tree - 1961

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Eric Ravilious British artist 1903-1942 HMS Glorious in the Arctic, 1940 #ERicRavilious #Britishart #Warartist

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Murmuration of starlings by Xavi Bou from his series Ornitographies, Northern Spain, December 2018

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Murmuration of starlings by Xavi Bou from his series Ornitographies, Northern Spain, December 2018

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Murmuration of starlings by Xavi Bou from his series Ornitographies, Northern Spain, December 2018

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Josy Britton Canadian artist b.1957 Carolinian Giant Encaustic on wood panel #Canadianart

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Emily Carr Canadian artist 1871–1945 Shore and Forest [Cordova Bay], 1931 Oil on paper laid on canvas 24 x 26.7 in. At the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria #EmilyCarr #Canadianart

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Kalif Tahir Thompson American artist b 1995 Sun Room, 2026, Oil, Acrylic, handmade paper, papyrus on canvas 59" x 82 5/8" Currently at the Zidoun Bossuyt Gallery, Paris #KalifTahirThompson #Americanart #Blackartists

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Kalif Tahir Thompson American artist b 1995 Lorraine Hansberry: To Be Young Gifted & Black, 2021 (Portrait of playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry) oil & mixed media #KalifTahirThompson #Americanart #Blackartists

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Khalif Tahir Thompson American artist b 1995 Butterflies and Snakes, 2021 oil and mixed-media (newsprint, pastel, handmade paper) 54" x 64" #KhalifTahirThompson #Americanart #Blackartists

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Charles Burchfield, "July Evening", 1917, Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper, 18" x 22"

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Jennifer Candon Contemporary artist who works in textiles, clay, metals, and paint Textile mural 7' x 10' #Textileart

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

John Moore American artist Post, 2011 oil on canvas 70" x 60" #JohnMoore #Americanart

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Alexa Carmichael 🇨🇦 @alexacarmichael.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Frank Stella’s Collection of Diné Textiles Assembled over decades, the late abstract artist Frank Stella’s collection of textiles is going to be auctioned. He acquired 40 weavings from the 19th and 20th centuries according to his own taste for bold colour palettes and patterns. #DinéTextiles

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