Amy Twigger-Holroyd presents twenty years of exploring sustainability through knitting. (57m)
Description
In this talk Amy Twigger-Holroyd presents twenty years of exploring sustainability through knitting – including early encounters with the high-street industry, the development of her ‘craft fashion’ knitwear label Keep & Share, varied experiences of supporting others’ making practices, her move into academic research, and her current Fashion Fictions project.
She particularly focuses on her research into reknitting: the use of knit-based skills, techniques and knowledge to rework the items in our wardrobes. This practice has a long history, but needs to be reinvigorated for the contemporary context.
From Amy’s perspective, every stitch is a unit of possibility, ripe for reconfiguration, and reknitting can be a radical and transformative act. All are welcome in the ‘Reknit Revolution’!
About the speaker
Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd is a designer, maker, writer and researcher, and Associate Professor of Fashion and Sustainability at Nottingham Trent University.
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