Blog post written by Katie Pollard @Borrowed_Colour This time last year during Fashion Revolution week, we made a visit to the North West of England, to attend an annual event held by Sewing Cafe Lancaster at the Storey Gallery. We were invited to come and create ‘Other World’s’, joining a range of speakers and workshop […]
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003: Making Space with Bristol Textile Quarter
Back in March, I found myself a short walk from Bristol Temple Meads train station, in an area of newly developed housing, knocking on the door of a brick-built industrial unit. I was in the South West for a friend’s 40th birthday party, with a couple of hours to spare and had arranged to visit […]
002: Working together….
Hello! We are Katie Pollard, an artist and natural dyer and Hannah Kirkham, a garment-maker, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. We have joined forces to explore different approaches in the UK to local textile production that puts people and the planet at the centre (see our previous blog post – for more info!) We are […]
001: You’ve got to start somewhere….
This is a blog to document a research project between me, a clothes-maker and Katie Pollard, an artist working with natural dyes and founder of Borrowed Colour. From our base in Newcastle upon Tyne, we are embarking on a journey to explore different approaches to local textile production in the UK, with a view to […]