Learn Couture Embellishment Techniques Here on Feb 16th 2013

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Image courtesy of Poszata Ltd, Hungary.
 
 
Learn how to make Richelieu lace tomorrow with Paris couture embroiderer, Eline Le Callennec and the Slow Textiles Group. This workshop is available both online and in the London studio.
Just two places left! Book your place here.
 White on white. Traditional French Richelieu lace in white linen. 
Image courtesy of Passion de Blanc, France.

 

Pua Kumba Weaving in Marik Empang!

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TSTG members recently enjoyed an evening with Nancy Ngali from Malaysian Borneo, wearing her own pua kumba woven jacket and beaded marik empang at the fantastic current exhibition called 
Endangered Textiles taking place at the Brunei Gallery in London.
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Here’s the process of the warp preparation – hundreds of white silk threads being tied with lengths of plastic rather like tie-dye – in order to prepare the weave to make a jacket or skirt.
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After all those white threads are dip-dyed in indigo they are set up on a back-strap loom ready for weaving. 
The whole process takes between 3 to 5 months!

For more information on the process, there’s a great introductory article in the wonderful Hand Eye magazine.

Slow Textiles Group Highlighted at the Ethical Fashion Forum Source Expo!

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We so enjoyed the EFF Source Expo today! There was such an array of fantastic suppliers and producers being showcased from all over the world.

Our member, Lisa Bloomer, was one of the only British wool weavers represented.  Design and sustainability are so central to her work and vision that the result is a cutting edge product that offers an aesthetic sensibility that far surpasses the more rural-looking weaves largely presented today. Technique, aesthetic and sustainable methodologies are central to Lisa’s innovation hence she won the Althea McNish Prize for Colour, Royal College of Art 2012 and the Great British Texprint 2012 award as well as being shortlisted for the new Sustain Award at the Royal College of Art 2012. Watch this space!

In Great Britain we have the designers, the heritage and the skills – that’s why the Slow Textiles Group is housing them in their studio!

Lisa Bloomer is now featured on the front cover of the EFF Source Magazine’s Trend Report: Wool and Heavyweight Fabrics:

 

Other highlights of the day include,

 

If you’d like to work with us to develop your design work and aesthetic collections, content and development for a western and eastern market,  please mail us via the Contact Page.

The Ethical Fashion Forum website has the full supplier list of today’s SOURCE Expo (Day 1) – there are too many to cite here!