Conclusions of conversations with Manchester based textile crafters...

After having conversed with many textile crafters living in Manchester I have found that they all feel that we should be more conscious about ethical practices in textiles and textile production. Many of the craft makers interviewed as part of this research are already using recycled and renewable fabrics in their work and are supporting the need for more local production of textiles. A few textile craft artists have said that they feel migration has impacted their work in a positive way as they have been inspired to use different materials, colours and textures in their work.

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South Asian British Textile Shop
by Helen Scalway

This work exploits the cool, quantifying qualities of an architectural plan by using such a ‘plan’ as a structure to hold the unquantifiable desires, reconstructions of memory and presentations of identity contained in a characteristic South Asian textile shop in London.