Crafts CouncilDirectoryMarilyn RathboneThe British Textile Art Exhibition 62@50, Tokyo, Japan, 2014AboutPastimes celebrates the game of draughts, handmade buttons, and bygone times. Draughts, extremely popular in Georgian times, has been played in the United Kingdom for centuries. The board is made from wrapped square buttons, Art Deco in style, and the draughtsmen from Edwardian style lace shirtwaist buttons. I was thrilled when Pastimes was selected for inclusion in The British Textile Art Exhibition 62@50, Tokyo, Japan.Marilyn RathboneWorthing, EnglandPastimes, close-up detail, Marilyn RathbonePastimes, Marilyn RathboneMaterials: Como silk, brass curtain rings, grey board, paperPastimes, reverse of board, Marilyn RathboneOn the reverse of the board are a set of tiny shirtwaist buttons that have been used to attach the square buttons to the upper side of the board – rather like upholstery buttons.The British Textile Art Exhibition 62@50, Tokyo, Japan, 2014AboutPastimes celebrates the game of draughts, handmade buttons, and bygone times. Draughts, extremely popular in Georgian times, has been played in the United Kingdom for centuries. The board is made from wrapped square buttons, Art Deco in style, and the draughtsmen from Edwardian style lace shirtwaist buttons. I was thrilled when Pastimes was selected for inclusion in The British Textile Art Exhibition 62@50, Tokyo, Japan.Marilyn RathboneWorthing, EnglandPastimes, close-up detail, Marilyn RathbonePastimes, reverse of board, Marilyn RathboneOn the reverse of the board are a set of tiny shirtwaist buttons that have been used to attach the square buttons to the upper side of the board – rather like upholstery buttons.Pastimes, Marilyn RathboneMaterials: Como silk, brass curtain rings, grey board, paperMore from Marilyn RathboneProjectWaterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 2009ProjectSix Degrees of SeparationProjectEquivalent IXProject100 Metres DashProjectBauhaus BraidsProjectPi in the SkyProjectVlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award for Most Innovative use of Textiles, 2019ProjectRibbonacci