WCL has over 600,000 books, 450,000 magazines, and 85,000 cds, DVDs, videos and other items at our central library and 11 branches. We are located in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington.
Our new craft books look at silk 'paper', gift wrapping, origami, hand-made journals, Victorian textiles, Mexican crafts and more. 'Wearing propaganda: textiles on the home front in Japan, Britain, and the United States, 1931-1945' features a kimono lined with images of U.S. planes blowing and a British scarf emblazoned with hopeful anti-rationing slogans.
Monday, 28 August 2006
Wearing propaganda
Our new craft books look at silk 'paper', gift wrapping, origami, hand-made journals, Victorian textiles, Mexican crafts and more. 'Wearing propaganda: textiles on the home front in Japan, Britain, and the United States, 1931-1945' features a kimono lined with images of U.S. planes blowing and a British scarf emblazoned with hopeful anti-rationing slogans.
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