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Emery Walker Trust
EmeryWalker_org
A beautiful piece in our collection, is this silk drawstring bag. The bag is not just fashionable but quite personal, as inside was found reels of knitting silk and steel
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Kilaso Emmanuel Ola
RC_KEO
#FashionRecyclingLet's start with facts about textile #waste.Do you know the volume of clothes we throw away has doubled in the last 20 years?#JeansToBag 1) Do you wear #jeans, if yes
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Abby Franquemont 🇺🇸🇵🇪
abbysyarns
“So if it’s not about designers making a living wage, what IS it about?” “So if it’s not about fair pricing of yarn, what IS it about?” “So if it’s
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HYOUTEI WAS ROBBED
dynmslnt
haven’t seen the trailer but it’s kinda funny to me that urbanized areas and western countries exoticize SEA textiles to the point of sometimes reducing entire ethnolinguistic groups to their
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Eugenia Flynn
FlyinGenie1
I'd like to provide some commentary on this as a Blackfella whose Country is in the NT and as someone who has worked for many years in the blackfella arts
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Sridhar Vembu
svembu
1/ I recently visited a textile spinning mill, one that converts raw cotton to yarn. The yarn goes to weaving mills which weave the yarn to fabric. The fabric eventually
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Dr Donna Yates
DrDonnaYates
Before I lose myself in the blog post I'll start a slow-moving thread of cultural objects that were NOT safe, NOT in better hands outside of their country/community of origin.
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People of Craft: Joi
PeopleOfCraft
I want to talk about inspiration. Sometimes experiences inspire us. Sometimes it's a visual thing. Or music. Inspiration is all around us. Last fall I took a "inspiration class". We
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isaac Samuel
rhaplord
#TriviaxtThread on economic dynamics of slave trade: why most west african states exported enslaved ppl and why some states didn't export them despite the overwhelming economic incentives (by extension political
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#JusticeforBreonna
LoveTreonnaJ
The Mali Empire is one of the most popular & well recorded empires in African history. At it's peak it span at-least 1,138,000 km. Its influence on world history, culture
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𝙎𝙐𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙄𝙉𝙀
themaineofsteel
Let's talk social justice and graphic design. Last year, I had the opportunity to design a visual brand for the brilliant @SonofBaldwin. While we have discourse regarding organizing/activism, I want
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Environmental Audit Committee
CommonsEAC
Our Fixing Fashion meeting at 2.30pm today examines how @WRAP_UK's new sustainability targets for industry and @DefraGovUK policy could put the UK fashion industry on a path to greater circularity
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Alexandra Lange
LangeAlexandra
Thrilled about this: gorgeous Ruth Asawa stamps coming in 2020 @usps https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2020/0403-usps-reveals-additional-stamps-for-2020.htm I’ve been obsessed with Ruth Asawa for a long time, first wrote about her in
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Alexandros Marinos
alexandrosM
Applying first principles to #3dprinting has some pretty mind-blowing results. A growing community of researchers asks: what can today's 3d printing do if approached on its own terms, not as
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Sarah Jaffray #BLM
sarah_____j
Day 2 of @museumbuddy! Today look at two 17th/e. 18th c print/textile makers. First, I’ve chosen Maria Sibylla Merian because I worked closely w/ her art when I worked in
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Motšwa Gae
Motjwa_Gae
Just wondering how much a Pick 'n Pay or Shoprite Spaza container is going to cost.We'll get heavily indebted just to own spazas.No talk of industrialisation, massive government backed agricultural
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