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!

Fashion To Die For - Where Fashion Meets Psychology - The Slow Textiles Group Introduces a New Discourse in the Field on May 30th!

Book your place here:
http://www.ananalysisofstatusanxiety.eventbrite.com/

Become a Researcher with the Slow Textiles Group!

We're very excited to invite you to a special event taking place in the Strategy Lab at HUB Westminster on May 30th at 7.15pm. Previous speakers include the British Prime Minster and Sir Richard Branson. Dr Emma Neuberg, Founder of the Slow Textiles Group, invites you to an open lecture and workshop (online or in person) to address the global fashion system and its social message in the twenty-first century. Attendees will have the opportunity to join an innovative new research project with the Group.

Visual Research for the Slow Textiles Group's Geometric Season Begins!

Sarah's 'Organic Geometric' sketchbook work animated by Emma Neuberg.

The Slow Textiles Group members had a great workshop on May 19th 2012 beginning their visual research and thinking processes for the Slow Textiles Group Geometric Season! 

One of the key visual and conceptual themes is to learn from the work of twentieth century deconstructivist artists and designers to continue a visual narrative for twenty-first century textile technologies.

Watch this space for the latest in TRAD/TECH textile narratives!

Slow Textiles is Delighted to Announce the Launch of their Geometric Season!

Slow Textiles manipulate the lovely David Saunders' knitwear: d a v i d d a v i d

We are delighted to announce that over the next few months we are running a collective research project incorporating several Slow Textiles Group members dedicated to an exploration of the geometric form in textiles.

All our workshops, including those on May 19th, July 14th and November 3rd 2012 are dedicated to the theme as well as our exciting first group shows. 

Papers, essays and short films are also being produced on the subject, so watch this space or join us to get involved.

What do geometrics mean to you?

Digital Sculpture and Composite Materials Create a New Smart Fabric

We're really proud of our friends at Random International and fellow Royal College of Art graduates who are pushing the boundaries of smart composite layers with sculpture, textile, architecture and their new place of convergence.

Random International are pioneers in the field. It's always a design pleasure to be moved to tears.

http://random-international.com/

New Developments in Sustainable Textiles Practice at the V&A!

Sustainable textiles take on an exciting, dynamic new look with the British creative duo that is The People's Print. Co-directors Melanie Bowles and Emma Neuberg are Professional Members of the Slow Textiles Group. Their pioneering business language and vision has sustainable textiles practice at heart. They are the only big vision company that trains individuals and companies how to apply slow textile methodologies to real life design projects.

Sad you missed the opportunity to work with them on The Great British Floral project as seen here? Then  join other Slow Textiles Group Professional Members on May 19th at 2pm for a similar in-house project  called Fast/Slow Geometrics: Create Stunning Geometric Digital Textile Patterns from Organic Structures and Traditional Techniques. This is open to members and non-members. Details here.