Three Fabric Patches Mounted Onto Cardboard 'The Tin Wardrobe'

Object/Artifact

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Museum of Transology

The fabric patches depicting the Non-Binary Flag, Trans Flag and the Trans Symbol, mounted on a card titled "THE TIN WARDROBE", with a brown handwritten luggage tag.

The fabric patches depicting the Non-Binary Flag, Trans Flag and the Trans Symbol, mounted on a card titled "THE TIN WARDROBE", with a brown handwritten luggage tag.

Name/Title

Three Fabric Patches Mounted Onto Cardboard 'The Tin Wardrobe'

Entry/Object ID

MOT/2024/NDOTC/CARD/009

Tags

National Day of Trans Collecting, Cardiff, Wales/Welsh/Cymru, Patches, Pride

Description

This object was collected during the Museum of Transology's National Day of Trans Collecting and has been formally acquired by St. Fagans National Museum of History. You can find more about their museum and its collection at: www.museum.wales/stfagans/

Collection

National Day of Trans Collecting

Category

Artwork, Fashion

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Notes

Bishopsgate Institute, London

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Tag Transcription

Notes

THESE PATCHES WERE TRULY AN EXPERIMENT IN HOW CHEAPLY WE COULD MAKE IRON ON PATCHES. FOR A GRASSROOTS NON PROFIT EVERY PENNY COUNTS SO WE REALLY WERE TRYING TO MAKE PRODUCTS FOR AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. WE STILL FOLLOW THIS ETHOS TODAY (OUT OF NECESSITY THAN ANYTHING) WITH OUR PACKAGING FOR ORDERS BEING MADE FROM RECYCLED MEDICAL PACKAGING, AND WORKING OUT OF A STORAGE LOCK UP WITH NO ELECTRICITY. RUNNING THE BACK END OF [End of front of tag, text continues on the back] THE WEBSITE ON A SECOND HAND CHROMEBOOK. THESE CRAPPY BADGES MADE OF HEM TAPE AND PAINT MARKERS REPRESENT THE WAY MARGINALISED PROJECTS TRY TO BUILD SOMETHING WORTHWHILE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL MOT/CTDOV/002.2 11cm/11cm