Tall Tales artist Lauren Sagar has been revisiting the stories behind her new intricate textile work, Call for Cloth. The work sprung from an invitation by Sagar to local communities and the wider public; an invitation to share stories and memories related to cloth. Stories and donations of fabric were collected from across the country, and specifically at each location of our Tall Tales tour as it progressed.
What resulted were a series of blankets, each one weaving together a patchwork of narratives from the people and stories she encountered along the way. Each blanket focuses on stories from specific regions, namely London, Rochdale and Manchester with snippets of stories from further afield.
For the last month of our Tall Tales tour, where the blankets reside at our partner venue Glasgow Women’s Library, Sagar shares the full stories, which exists snuggled within the fabric of each blanket.
Here are the 3 story documents, which are a work in progress for Sagar and which will continue to be developed as she reflects back on the stories encountered for her Call for Cloth commission. Each story is numbered to correspond with the images below:
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