Joanna Fowles and The Geometrics!

 Joanna Fowles

We're delighted to announce the start of our Geometrics Season! 

Celebrating, promoting and pioneering geometric design in everything textiles, The Slow Textiles Group are holding their next Geometrics Workshop on July 14th 2012 (available in situ and via webinar) at 2pm, to be followed by exhibition in October 2012, a new workshop in November and two large exhibitions in 2013! 

This marks the first formal appraisal of geometry in fashion and textiles ever! Showcasing the best in contemporary textiles talent in the UK and internationally today, the Geometrics Season pioneers the future blueprint  for textile design! 

As a sneak preview, we're proud to showcase one of The Geometrics, Joanna Fowles', gorgeous geometric interpretations in her hand dyed, digital and screen-printed signature look.

To learn more, please book your ticket for the workshop Pop Art Geometrics here!

The Very Timorous Beasties!

Ying Wu, Running Rabbit, 2012

We were really moved by Ying Wu's graduation silk prints at the Royal College of Art this week. She graduates this summer from the prestigious postgraduate Printed Textiles department (UK) following in the footsteps of Zandra Rhodes and Alice Temperley. 

One of her personal statements on her website reads,

"My project is a commentary on life in areas that are industrialising and urbanising at a fast pace. Despite the apparent economical development, air and water pollution and the loss of cultural heritage remain an issue..

Ying Wu, Bird, 2011

"..In this project, I illustrate through my images what I believe is happening and what might happen. Hopefully, this collection will raise public awareness of those issues..allowing people to think about whether we are stepping into the idyllic future we anticipate."

Ying Wu, City, 2011

Ying Wu, Cow, 2012

Why not join us live or online on August 11th 2012 for the Slow Textiles lecture that deals with industrialisation and its impact on human, animal and ecological balance on August 11th 2012!

Details here!

To see lots more of Ying Wu's images, including the superlative Under the Ground, go to ying wu.

We've Started Collating Our Floral Albums!

In eager anticipation of The People's Print Floral e-book textile design tutorials that are due out later this summer, we have started collating all our floral albums into flower types, seasons and colours!

All those flower photos that you've never used now have an amazing end use - to design fashion prints!

Watch this space for the People's Print new website!

Fashion To Die For 2 - Where Industry Meets Psychology - Live Online Event on June 16th!

Book your place now - either attend in person for the full experience and networking opportunity or be there online where you can interact with the attendees remotely! This is the only place for cutting edge sustainable design thinking for fashion and textiles practitioners!


Book your place here:


http://thecorporation-eorg.eventbrite.com/

Slow Textiles at Dinner to Dye For!!

                                                                                                                              


We just spent a wonderful day with Permacouture at Hackney City Farm in central London, walking in the local park, picking plants to dye with, wrapping bundles of silk, dyeing them in pans of dockweed, onion and elderflower, hanging them to dry and chatting to lots of people who love flowers and fabrics!

After admiring the spectacular results, we all sat down to eat a delicious meal with the same plant groups we'd used all day for textiles! Even the earthenware we ate from was fired with some of the natural pigments we used. The potter joined us too.

There'll be another event in August 2012 so if you'd like to attend, please email  katelyn@permacouture.org for details.

You can join in here!