Sunny Bank Mills’ annual Textile Festival, Threads is back for it’s second instalment – celebrating textiles through a series of talks, workshops and more! Threads will take place across the site of Sunny Bank Mills over the weekend of 7th-9th June 2024. Alongside the market in the 1912 Mill with 40+ textile stalls, we will be […]
Join Vanessa in the Gallery as she discusses her Domestic Dusters project, and the use of collaborative embroidery as an act of resistance! Vanessa’s 10 year long collaborative arts project, Women & Domesticity – What’s your Perspective?, is currently on display as part of Sunny Bank Mills Gallery's current exhibition, Tangled Up. During this talk, […]
Join Sarah-Joy as she discusses recent projects that explore the use of quilts to examine and re-imagine historical lesbian domesticities. During this Threads Textile Festival event, Sarah-Joy will talk us through the research and realisation of her recent projects Looking for Lesbians and Beloved during this talk entitled: Quilting Lesbian Domesticities: Plas Newydd Historic House […]
Join Susan as she discusses and walks us through sashiko traditions and contemporary sashiko stitchers. What is sashiko and where does it come from? Where is it going next? Join Susan during Threads Textile Festival for a fascinating talk, taking you on a 'trip around Japan', where she will explore sashiko (and kogin) old and […]
Join Jim & Nima as they explore how South East Asian textiles tell the story of its people. During this fascinating talk - hosted by curator, writer and speaker, Nima Poovaya-Smith - we will delve into Jim Gaffney's 40 years experience of collecting, researching and dealing in hand made textiles from all across Asia. Throughout […]
During this fascinating talk we will delve into the exciting world of African fashion and costuming. In Africa, the bigger the occasion, the more important it is to show off. Grand flowing boubous, enormous embroidered trousers and Bolgatanga underwear are just a few of the items from Magie's collection, that you will be able to […]
History Wardrobe presents... TRACING LOST LIVES, The Hidden History of Textiles Dress historian Lucy Adlington invites you to explore unique garments and textiles from her unique collection spanning three centuries. From a sensational crinoline gown, to mysterious WW2 embroideries and a rather illustrious pair of trousers, Tracing Lost Lives uncovers the stories clothes tell and […]
