{"id":145,"date":"2019-08-22T11:42:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T11:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2019-10-17T12:03:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T12:03:22","slug":"feel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/feel\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1568227016449{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1568717278814{margin-top: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;border-bottom-color: #8d78cc !important;border-bottom-style: dashed !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css_animation=”slideInLeft” css=”.vc_custom_1570710428169{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”]HOW TO GET INVOLVED | <\/span> FEEL<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1568303532269{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”532″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” css_animation=”fadeInLeft” link=”https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/think\/”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”533″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” css_animation=”slideInLeft” link=”https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/feel\/”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”534″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” css_animation=”fadeInLeft” link=”https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/act\/”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeInLeft” css=”.vc_custom_1568125445175{margin-top: 25px !important;border-top-width: 2px !important;border-top-color: #3891b7 !important;border-top-style: dashed !important;}”][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInLeft” css=”.vc_custom_1571312636732{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;border-top-color: #3982ad !important;border-top-style: dashed !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1571312065685{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1568134486105{margin-top: 25px !important;padding-top: px !important;}”]\n

When you THINK<\/a>\u00a0about\u00a0 a \u2018sensibility for sustainable clothing\u2019 in environmentally friendly and ethically conscious ways, how you FEEL<\/a> about clothes may change\u2026.<\/p>\n

Some new things you may feel could be\u2026..<\/b><\/h1>\n

\u2666 Empathy with exploited garment workers as well as those living in environments polluted by toxic waste from the production of clothing.<\/p>\n

\u2666 That \u2018eco\u2019 and ethical is cool.<\/p>\n

\u2666 Empowered to make changes.<\/p>\n

Below are some reflections and feelings about sustainable clothing and changing ideas from our S4S workshop participants.<\/p>\n

<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInRight” css=”.vc_custom_1571312653891{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-top-color: #3982ad !important;border-top-style: dashed !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571312008337{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”]\n

HANNAH ON DYEING<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Personally, I have been lucky enough to have had some experience of natural dyeing before, however the two S4S workshops on the subject felt particularly inspiring. We used a regular kitchen hob to boil\/soak the fabric in water. The only specialist resources needed were the dyestuffs themselves as well as their mordants and assisters \u2013 but you can buy these all online. As Irene told us, \u2018mordants\u2019 is the collective term used to describe naturally occurring metal salts mined from the earth which are used in combination with the dyes. They help prolong the longevity of colour by creating strong molecular bonds between the pigment and the fibre \u2013 \u2018mordre\u2019 in French means \u2018to bite\u2019.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/leMc1dfmja8″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInLeft”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”272″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”273″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInRight” css=”.vc_custom_1571312690763{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;border-top-color: #3982ad !important;border-top-style: dashed !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]As a group, I think we found the process a lot simpler than we thought it to be beforehand \u2013 we compared the making up of dye baths to following a recipe for baking. Perhaps (in the future) it will be a common Sunday afternoon activity for households everywhere! The beautiful results of our workshop were so vibrant and varied that it was quite magical for everyone involved\u2026<\/p>\n

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Each time a new fabric or yarn was pulled out of a dye\u00a0pot we gathered around in curious suspense. This reaction was quite different to what I imagine would occur had we been dyeing with synthetic\/man made dyes. There is something more flat and altogether less appealing about something that comes out of a packet that shows the exact shade that you will end up with \u2013 not to mention the expense of these.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1571310690889{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”572″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”573″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInLeft” css=”.vc_custom_1571312708804{border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-top-color: #3982ad !important;border-top-style: dashed !important;border-bottom-color: #3982ad !important;border-bottom-style: dashed !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1571310707473{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”574″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”575″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

What left me feeling so inspired about the possibilities of natural dyeing was that our wonderful tutor, Irene, brought a wealth of knowledge and a myriad of different dyes to choose from. She showed us how each different fibre reacts to each dye \u2013 ending up with a wickedly wide spectrum all spread out on the table at the end! Natural dyeing, for me, provided the opportunity to slow down and take time to consider what colour to create. I feel, if adopted more universally, it would encourage a connection between not only wearer and cloth but also between people and planet. As recently published by Fashion Revolution, 20% of global industrial water pollution comes from the treatment and dyeing of textiles. Imagine if everybody dyed their own textiles at home with much smaller quantities of water whilst filling it with only natural ingredients?<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInRight”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

KAYE ON WEAVING<\/h3>\n

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Going into the introduction to weave workshops I was excited, but if I\u2019<\/span>m being honest, having focused on weave during my textiles degree, I wasn\u2019<\/span>t really expecting to learn anything new. I just wanted to get back on a loom again.<\/p>\n

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However, I could not have been more wrong, I learned a bunch of new techniques like how to limit your wasted yarn, and how to cut your prep time down to a minimum with the use of a \u201cwaste warp.<\/span>\u201d I also found that being taught by new people with a new perspective incredibly inspiring.<\/p>\n

My passion for this craft however, was nothing compared to that of our teachers, who also taught us for the intro to spinning workshop, something that, lets just say, didn\u2019<\/span>t come quite as naturally to me. These wonderful people have dedicated their time to the art of \u201cslow fashion\u201d and their love for the craft is clear.<\/p>\n

To me weaving is wonderful. There is something incredibly satisfying about watching your cloth build pick by pick before your very eyes. It\u2019<\/span>s a slow process but the end product is unbelievably gratifying and the possibilities of that product are, at least for me, exciting.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/j0qmC2DISaU”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInLeft”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”576″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”577″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInRight”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”578″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

For the second week of the Intro To Weave Workshops, we collectively produced a sample using the yarns dyed in the Intro To Natural Dyes Workshop using a simple 2-2 Twill structure. Twill variations where the focus of the workshops and I seeing how the same basic structure can be transformed into multiple different designs is something that I love about weaving. By simply changing colours, the number\/order of lifts, or the thread plan you can create something entirely new. Seeing all of our collective work come together to produce the final sample was amazing. The wide range of colours that were produced with natural dyes, the techniques we had learned during the weave workshops, all of this, working together in one piece really proves that \u201cslow fashion\u201d doesn<\/span>\u2019<\/span>t have to mean sacrifice. But instead it can produce something beautiful, with much more value. Watching everyone rush around the finished piece at the end of the workshop it was evident that was just as thrilled as me to see what we had achieved.<\/p>\n

The sample we produced together will be sent to the group in Wolverhampton and they will in turn be embellishing our sample creatively and then returning it to us, and I for one can\u2019t wait to see what they will create!<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInLeft” css=”.vc_custom_1571313795391{margin-top: 10px !important;border-top-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-top-color: #3982ad !important;border-top-style: dashed !important;border-bottom-color: #3982ad !important;border-bottom-style: dashed !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

KAYA ON SPINNING<\/h3>\n

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Good old spinning\u2026 So relaxing for some people and so important in the times before industrialization. Sometimes I wonder the imagination it took for people to find out what was possible to do with sheep hair.<\/p>\n

First to cut it,\u00a0 then wash it, then comb them and draw it out in a nice, smooth way to get a yarn. Then finally learn out how to make a spinning wheel so to make the best yarn\u2026 We humans are definitely geniuses.<\/p>\n

Once they created all these great tools and prepared sheep\u2019s fleece, they needed a lot of of time. It all takes ages, but they knew how to do it, they were able make beautiful, smooth yarn. I couldn\u2019t, so I really admire the spinners of the past.. I know I didn\u2019t have enough time and I would have probably got the hang of it after a while. But when I first tried I was more nervous than meditative. So I can only imagine how those ancient spinners would have been meditating while at work, though I can\u2019t say I experienced anything similar.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve mostly seen spinning wheels in movies, like Sleeping beauty and Once upon the time. My mum told me recently that my grandmother had one, but I never saw it. I haven\u2019t see one anywhere else. So, to be honest, I was surprised that anyone still has one and is actually using it. That is great.<\/p>\n

But I really don\u2019t see how it can become once again an everyday method of making clothes, maybe if the technological systems collapse and we all need to revert to the old ways\u2026 until then we have high-tech machines so I don\u2019t see hand-spinning returning. People nowadays wouldn\u2019t really know how to really appreciate the amount of work put in just to make one single sweater. We are accustomed to having many clothes these days and we\u00a0change them so often that I think we become in\u00a0 a way spoiled and therefore it is hard for us to imagine exactly what it would have been like in the past. Back then I suppose people were lucky to have spinning wheels and enough time to be able to sit in peace and spin. The world must have been circling slower then and people must have had different values. Higher perhaps. Everything was much more meaningful.<\/p>\n

I hope we will find value again, in these times when it seems that we are taking everything for granted. I am grateful to have opportunity to try spinning on the beautiful wheel. It has definitely changed my perspective on clothing and value of every single thread.<\/p>\n

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WHAT CAN I DO? | ACT<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Some new things you may feel could be\u2026.. \u2666 Empathy with exploited garment workers as well as those living in environments polluted by toxic waste from the production of clothing. \u2666 That \u2018eco\u2019 and ethical is cool. \u2666 Empowered to make changes. Below are some reflections and feelings about sustainable clothing and changing ideas from our S4S workshop participants. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInRight” css=”.vc_custom_1571312653891{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-top-color: #3982ad !important;border-top-style: dashed !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571312008337{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”] HANNAH ON DYEING [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Personally, I have been lucky enough to have had some experience of natural dyeing before, however the two S4S workshops on the subject felt particularly inspiring. We used a regular kitchen hob to boil\/soak the fabric in water. The only specialist resources needed were the dyestuffs themselves as well as their mordants and assisters \u2013 but you can buy these all online. As Irene told us, \u2018mordants\u2019 is the collective term used to describe naturally occurring metal salts mined from the earth which are used in combination with the dyes. They help prolong the longevity of colour by creating strong molecular bonds between the pigment and the fibre \u2013 \u2018mordre\u2019 in French means \u2018to bite\u2019.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/leMc1dfmja8″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInLeft”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”272″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”273″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInRight” css=”.vc_custom_1571312690763{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;border-top-color: #3982ad !important;border-top-style: dashed !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]As a group, I think we found the process a lot simpler than we thought it to be beforehand \u2013 we compared the making up of dye baths to following a recipe for baking. Perhaps (in the future) it will be a common Sunday afternoon activity for households everywhere! The beautiful results of our workshop were so vibrant and varied that it was quite magical for everyone involved\u2026   Each time a new fabric or yarn was pulled out of a dye\u00a0pot we gathered around in curious suspense. This reaction was quite different to what I imagine would occur had we been dyeing with synthetic\/man made dyes. There is something more flat and altogether less appealing about something that comes out of a packet that shows the exact shade that you will end up with \u2013 not to mention the expense of these.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1571310690889{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”572″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”573″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInLeft” css=”.vc_custom_1571312708804{border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-top-color: #3982ad !important;border-top-style: dashed !important;border-bottom-color: #3982ad !important;border-bottom-style: dashed !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1571310707473{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”574″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”575″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] What left me feeling so inspired about the possibilities of natural dyeing was that our wonderful tutor, Irene, brought a wealth of knowledge and a myriad of different dyes to choose from. She showed us how each different fibre reacts to each dye \u2013 ending up with a wickedly wide spectrum all spread out on the table at the end! Natural dyeing, for me, provided the opportunity to slow down and take time to consider what colour to create. I feel, if adopted more universally, it would encourage a connection between not only wearer and cloth but also between people and planet. As recently published by Fashion Revolution, 20% of global industrial water pollution comes from the treatment and dyeing of textiles. Imagine if everybody dyed their own textiles at home with much smaller quantities of water whilst filling it with only natural ingredients? [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”slideInRight”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] KAYE ON WEAVING   Going into the introduction to weave workshops I was excited, but if I\u2019m being honest, having focused on weave during my textiles degree, I wasn\u2019t really expecting to learn anything new. I just wanted to get back on a loom again. However, I could not have been more wrong, I learned a bunch of new techniques like how to limit your wasted yarn, and how to cut your prep time down to a minimum with the use of a \u201cwaste warp.\u201d I also found that being taught by new people with a new perspective incredibly inspiring. My passion for this craft however, was nothing compared to that of our teachers, who also taught us for the intro to spinning workshop, something that, lets just say, didn\u2019t come quite as naturally to me. These wonderful people have dedicated their time to the art of \u201cslow fashion\u201d and their love for the craft is clear. To me weaving is wonderful. There is something incredibly satisfying about watching your cloth build pick by pick before your very eyes. 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Twill variations where the focus of the workshops and I seeing how the same basic structure can be transformed into multiple different designs is something that I love about weaving. By simply changing colours, the number\/order of lifts, or the thread plan you can create something entirely new. Seeing all of our collective work come together to produce the final sample was amazing. The wide range of colours that were produced with natural dyes, the techniques we had learned during the weave workshops, all of this, working together in one piece really proves that \u201cslow fashion\u201d doesn\u2019t have to mean sacrifice. 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