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Sep 8
7 min

Online Seminar: "Transnational Experiences of Enforced Disappearances" (Day 2, Part 1)

This seminar is part of the launch of the virtual exhibition "Following the Footsteps of the Disappeared", which is in partnership with t...

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Virtual Exhibition: "Following the Footsteps of the Disappeared" (Day 1, Launch)

Andrea Liu

Sep 6
4 min

Virtual Exhibition: "Following the Footsteps of the Disappeared" (Day 1, Launch)

This exhibition is a partnership between Conflict Textiles, the Ulster Museum and the John Hume and Thomas P. O'Neill Chair in Peace, Uls...

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Andrea Liu

Mar 18
1 min

Why Not Listen To This Podcast?

I am very excited to share this podcast interview with you. Back in November 2019, Lance Forman and I were interviewed by the brilliant G...

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Andrea Liu

Mar 17
3 min

Healing Thoughts

Memory of a peaceful morning stroll in Dungarvan, Ireland I have been wanting to write for a while, but my tanning and weaving adventures...

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Fish skin artefacts of the Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka, Alaska

Andrea Liu

Aug 22, 2019
4 min

Fish skin artefacts of the Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka, Alaska

The Sheldon Jackson Museum is a museum that I would like to introduce to those who are interested in fish leather and/or Alaskan native h...

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Audrey Armstrong + fish skin baskets + a lesson of generosity

Andrea Liu

Aug 16, 2019
7 min

Audrey Armstrong + fish skin baskets + a lesson of generosity

Since 2017, meeting Audrey Armstrong has been on my list of "Must do's". When I begun my journey on finding out how to turn slimy, raw f...

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Tanning salmon skins, Not for the faint of heart!

Andrea Liu

Apr 29, 2019
3 min

Tanning salmon skins, Not for the faint of heart!

Traditionally tanning any type of skin, whether it be deer, cow or fish, is a strenuous process that involves hours of manual manipulatio...

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Andrea Liu

Feb 19, 2019
2 min

Peat bog + tanning?

Ever since I studied in Ireland as a teen, I was intrigued by bog bodies that lay in the National Museum of Ireland. I learned that "bog ...

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Andrea Liu

Nov 23, 2018
2 min

Tactile Sensibilities of Anni Albers

Two weeks ago, I went to see the Anni Albers exhibition currently on at the Tate Modern. Meeting Anni’s works was an inspirational exper...

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