In this 50th episode (yay!) of NeedleXChange I interview Marcia Bennett Male.

Marcia is a textile artist and stone mason, whose stitched works explore her personal experiences as a black woman living in modern Britain, and focus on black historical figures. Marcia's work uses simplistic form and hidden meaning to address topics that are deeply personal, whether it's her own mental wellbeing or the cultural context of black identity. In this second part of our NeedleXChange we discuss black representation in history through art, stonemasonry and how music inspires Marcia's creativity,

Timestamps:

00:02:22 Choosing Subjects and Historical Figures

00:07:15 Food and Textile Art

00:13:32 The Future: Merging Stone and Textile

00:20:01 The Art of Stone Carving and Textile Art

00:21:44 The Sensory Experience of Stone Carving

00:23:35 Exploring Black History through Art

00:26:42 Moving Stone and Independence

00:31:47 Musical Tastes and Trash TV

00:35:00 The Image of the Black in Western Art

00:38:45 An interesting fact not many people know about Marcia Bennett Male

Links:

Website: mbennettmale.co.uk

Instagram: marciabennettmaletextile

Intro music is Search Friendly by Chris Shards via Epidemic Sound.

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