NEWS!! FLASH!! London Calling!!

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The Great British Houses of Parliament designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin in 1840 in the midst of an economic recession and still standing!



Exciting news!! 


Members of the Slow Textiles group are meeting 
British Parliamentary Design and Sustainability Groups 
and their MPs in Westminster next week to make a noise about the power of textile design talent in the UK, its offer, potential and future scenarios!



Slow Textiles Group member, Julie Behseta, shows her innovating textiles work at the Houses of Parliament exhibition, in tandem with Coca Cola and the Royal College of Art, Materials for Living, November 2011.



Slow Textiles Founder selected as Artist in Residence at Chelsea School of Art!

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We are delighted to announce that alongside three other artists, founder of the Slow Textiles Group, Emma Neuberg, is awarded Artist in Residence at Chelsea School of Art, London!
The other artists include Ryan Mcclelland:

Amex Apathy, 2005


And Nick Hornby:


All the work deals broadly with montage/collage and consumerism.

Exhibition dates:

Friday 4th – Friday 25th May 2012

Textiles New Wave is Here!!

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You coming or staying put?

After an amazing Slow Textiles open meeting on Saturday 15th October 2011, 
we are delighted to announce that


Textiles New Wave has arrived!! 


It has been a l-o-n-g wait!


With exhibitions abound (online and on site) and 
exciting new hybrid textile forms on the horizon, 
we offically announce that


Textiles New Wave Starts Here!!




Old and New Techniques Promise New Effects in Our Postmodern Textiles Journey!

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The first silk scarf experiments with artwork by Alison and Julie.


The first Slow Textiles workshop to set off our Postmodernist season started this weekend with a Memphis style bang!


It was a digital affair that had everyone getting to grips with painting blobs for the slave that is Photoshop, not to mention participants becoming experts in the difference between modernism and po-mo!


Our remote attendees will be able to access the webinar soon!! 

Laptops and paint in action!