Joanne Hackett

@joanneh.bsky.social

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Lecturer, textile conservator, and plate spinner.

A pair of shorts haired cats, one black and one grey, sit on a square of grey carpet and a red bath towel looking out of a French door. They are skinny and nervous.
A vaulted crypt in Venice. The floor is covered in standing water and there is a white stone tomb with a figure of the virgin in the centre of the image.
A display of geological samples at the Dumfries Museum with a large font label saying 'rocks'
A redhead holds a copy of Queer as Folklore while Nana opens christmas presents in the background.
A black and white photo of Lady Bindy Lambton taken in the 1950s, she is wearing a chiffon evening gown with a criss cross pattern bodice, diamond necklace, many bracelets and a tiara. She has a rather severe expression and an hourglass figure.
Looking down from a window in Venice at the a canal and the doorway in the wall opposite. The red brick wall has an iron gate at canal level that is partially submerged in water. The gate is ajar. The water is still and green, and a white stone step can be seen below the surface.
A grey wooden door with elaborate, curling iron work straps, set into weathered red stone archway. The top of the arch has alternating blocks of red and white stone. Once ornately carved, the stone is heavily weathered and smooth.
A bright red doorway in a rustic stone wall. The doorway has two doors, one of which is open to reveal worn floorboards and a dark interior. The red paint on the door is scratched and worn, revealing an underlying layer of white paint.
A very old,brindle Staffordshire bull terrier asleep on a blanket covered sofa.
A very large cream and brown jar sitting on the floor of a natural history museum storeroom. The jar has an old paper label on the side with the word SNAKES hand written on it.
A short silk jacket in olive green with a standing collar and long ruched sleeves. Trimmed with bands of cream silk at the cuff and narrow green cord at the bottom edge and front opening. Circa 1810.
The cuff of an early 19th century Spencer jacket of dark green silk trimmed with a band of white silk and twisted green cord. Over the top of the cuff is a layer of custom dyed silk crepeline held in place with insect pins. A hand holds a tacking thread and a curved needle.
An isolated small stone church in a field of long grass. The horizon is flat and the sky is grey and cloudy. A narrow, single-track path leads through the field to the church with a wire fence on each side. Isle of Lewis.