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William Morris Society of Canada ~ celebrating the man and his work. Currently tweeting: @LeraKotsyuba

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Joined August 2013
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Want to hear all about the making of the WMSC cakes? We have the video for you! youtu.be/TwkYO3xzOVo
This Sunday join the WMSC for the lecture: How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris Lecture by Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper (@suzannefagence) Sunday November 10, 2024 On Zoom at 2:00 pm EST. *Members only lecture
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'The Homestead and the Forest' Cot Quilt, 1900, a collaboration between textile designer May Morris and her embroiderer mother Jane Morris #WomensArt
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On Sunday, November 5, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. EST, cake team Laura Bright and Gianna Wichelow will share techniques and inspiration for their tribute to the British design legend in an illustrated, online presentation to the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts (@CSDA_CCAD).
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Members! AGM and guest lecture tonight at the Textile Museum of Canada, and on Zoom, 7pm
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Delighted by the beauty of the @WMorrisandCo x @WilliamsSonoma collaboration, available in Canada!
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Mary Quant brings the #frockingfabulous for 1967, with this gorgeous suit using William Morris’ “Marigold”. #Fashionhistory via the V&A.
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"...designers occupy a position that sets them apart: They have the capacity to project a future vision... they wield the tools that can turn vision into reality." -Barry Katz
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Arts and Crafts necklace and brooch by English goldsmith Charlotte Newman, (1836-1920) the first recognised female studio jeweller #WomensArt
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Interested in joining the WMSC for our summer book club? Sign up and let us know! forms.gle/1kz7TqKkCszikEm5A Join WMSC member Lera Kotsyuba, reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built, through the lens of William Morris' 'News From Nowhere', and ideas around a better world!
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William De Morgan used a tin-glaze white base on his tiles. We rather think this makes the bright colours POP! You can see De Morgan tiles in the current exhibition Sublime Symmetry from the De Morgan Foundation until September at @RAMMuseum in #Exeter demorgan.org.uk/exhibitions/…
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Stunning #StrawberryThief designs in @AugustBergOffi1's new collection! #WilliamMorris #ArtsAndCrafts
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Ben Pentreath’s home in Morris&Co patterns elledecor.com/design-decorat…
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Admire the intricate beauty of this William De Morgan dish in the upcoming exhibition at @Rammuseum Sublime Symmetry opens on 20th May and will showcase 70 ceramics from the De Morgan Collection. 🍽️ Arabesque Plate in gold and copper lustre 👨🏻‍🎨 William De Morgan (1839 - 1917)
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William Morris 'Cray' printed textile
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**Online Talk** THE YEATSES, MORRIS AND KELMSCOTT HOUSE June 13, 2023 6pm via Zoom Join Chiswick-based Irish poet, Cahal Dallat, founder of the WB Yeats Bedford Park Artwork Project for this talk on why Morris and his circle mattered so much to the emerging genius. Link in bio!
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Happy May Day! Power to the workers! #WilliamMorris #MayDay
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Our talk on gardens yesterday raised the question: what was Morris’s favorite flower? Wild rose? Daisy? Willow?
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✨ TODAY! Member's Only Zoom Lecture: The Beauty, Politics, and Practicalities of Plants: William Morris and the Garden✨ A lecture by Dr. Sarah Leonard Monday April 24, 2023, 7PM EDT Explore the importance of the garden to William Morris’s utopian vision and everyday life.
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