Woven & Worn offers a fascinating insight into the approaches of innovative craftspeople from around the globe as they create environmentally conscious clothing in a bid to protect the planet from the effects of a throwaway industry.
Marking a revival of the make-do-and-mend era, Woven & Worn showcases the variety of materials and processes used to craft wearables with both longevity and soul. Within this book, talented artisan makers such as weavers, dressmakers, dyers, and knitters give consumers the power to repair the frayed fabric of the fashion industry and embrace the energetic campaign for a sustainable circular economy.
Marking a revival of the make-do-and-mend era, Woven & Worn showcases the variety of materials and processes used to craft wearables with both longevity and soul. Within this book, talented artisan makers such as weavers, dressmakers, dyers, and knitters give consumers the power to alter the tired fabric of the fashion industry and embrace the energetic campaign for a sustainable circular economy.
Woven & Worn offers a fascinating insight into the approaches of innovative global craftspeople as they create environmentally conscious clothing in a bid to protect the planet from the effects of a throwaway industry. Demonstrating the diversity within sustainable garment-making, this book highlights ground-breaking renewable materials and ingenious techniques. Textiles are created from reclaimed by-products of the food industry, such as banana and fish skins, and thoughtful techniques and “zero waste” production methods are utilized.
Discover tactile felted clothing, painterly plant-dyed textiles, and intricate weaved adornment alongside traditional repair techniques such as sashiko. Delve into the unseen creative workspaces of skilled crafters; admire their unique tools and processes, and absorb their intriguing stories. Sustainability is tightly woven into their creative practices as they tackle the wasteful areas of the fashion industry, one beautifully crafted garment at a time.
Artisan methods include:
- Weaving
- Upcycling
- Knitting
- Felt making
- Garment making
- Mending
- Block printing
- Shoemaking
- Botanical dyeing
Product details
Hardback 288 pages
Dimensions: 165mm x 250mm
Paper quality: Full-color premium paper pages
ISBN: 978-1-909414-91-4
SKU: CP-WW
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Introduction
A Creative Future
Botanical dyeing
Botanical Inks
milo + nicki
Upcycling
SHIO
Demano
Weaving
Bright Moon Weaving Studio
Lesh
Teixidors
Carlie Ballard
Shoemaking
Juta Shoes
Garment making
Phaedra Clothing
Grove & Co.
Mayamiko
Mending
Katrina Rodabaugh
Felt making
Calmo
Knitting
Shisa Brand
Block printing
Mehera Shaw
Glossary
Further reading & resources
Acknowledgements