Weave & weave related research/museums
The research resources have been sourced by The Weave Shed. This is ongoing and still under construction. Any inaccuracies or omissions please let us know and details will be adjusted
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| Art Quill Studio | Marie-Therese Wisniowski, studio director of Art Quill Studio, The Education Division of Art Quill & Co. Pty. Ltd.
Blog about Textiles/Fashion. There are currently eight data bases on this blogspot, namely, the Glossary of Cultural and Architectural Terms, Timelines of Fabrics, Dyes and Other Stuff, A Fashion Data Base, the Glossary of Colors, Dyes, Inks, Pigments and Resins, the Glossary of Fabrics, Fibers, Finishes, Garments and Yarns, Glossary of Art, Artists, Art Motifs and Art Movements, Glossary of Paper, Photography, Printing, Prints and Publication Terms and the Glossary of Scientific Terms, |
| British Wool www.britishwool.org.uk/ |
Has promotions and all you need to know about British wool |
| The Campaign for Wool www.campaignforwool.org/the-campaign/ |
 The Campaign is multi-national, multi-sector and inclusive, and tries to embrace all sections of wool users from the very largest companies to specialist artisans. |
| The Museum of Carpets www.museumofcarpet.org.uk |
The Carpet Museum Trust was founded in 1981 with the aim of ‘establishing a public museum … for the exhibition of items of local historical and educational interest and in particular in any way connected with the manufacture of carpets and similar textiles’. |
| Cora Ginsburg LLC www.coraginsburg.com/publications.html
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Catalogues you can print out – Textiles and Fashion. The company specializes in museum-quality costume of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and in textiles of the 17th to 20th centuries |
| Museum of Costume – Bath www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/ |
Fashion/Costume. Online or visit |
| California College of The Arts www.cca.edu/ |
New materials resource centre San Francisco USA |
| The Centre for Creative Collaboration www.tuttleclub.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/centre-for-creative-collaboration/ |
“A neutral place where people from many different backgrounds – universities, large corporates, SMEs, freelancers – can work together on new things in the belief that real innovation happens at the edge and in the gaps between disciplines.” source: website |
| Craft Research www.craftresearch.blogspot.co.uk/ |
Knowledge through making – a blog. Dr Louise Valentine is senior researcher on the UK based Past, Present and Future Craft Practice (PPFCP) project from which this BLOG arises. PPFCP is a major Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project led by Professor Georgina Follett and Dr Louise Valentine, Duncan of Jorandstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, Scotland. Their research asks, ‘Is there a Future for Craft?’ ( text website) |
| Design Museum www.designmuseum.org |
Visit or search their design library online |
| eTextile Summer Camp www.etextile-summercamp.org/ |
This site has contacts of people who work in the e-textile field, including weavers – also the materials page has a conductive yarn link. They run summer camps for interested participants |
| Fabric Link www.fabriclink.com |
Fabric resource |
| Fashion & Textile Museum London www.ftmlondon.org/ |
“The Fashion and Textile Museum is a cutting edge centre for contemporary fashion, textiles and jewellery in Londonâ€. Source: Fashion and Textile Museum |
| IOM3 www.iom3.org |
Brunel University, Global Network for materials cycle |
| Lace Research Network www.login.icohere.com/public/topics.cfm?cseq=935 |
UCA Farnham. |
| Unsung museums www.timeout.com/london/attractions/londons-best-unsung-museums-1 |
A list of many museums! |
| London Museums Group www.londonmuseumsgroup.org/ |
A very useful site which lists all museums in London |
| Macclesfield Silk Weaving Museums www.silkmacclesfield.org.uk/museum-sites |
Include the Silk Heritage Museum, Silk Industry Museum, Paradise Mills |
| Materia www.materia.nl |
“Materia is a knowledge centre for developments and innovations in materials, and their applications for architecture and design.†Source: Materia webs |
| Materials KTN www.matuk.co.uk |
“The KTN is an overarching network of networks in Materials, set up to bring together the views of all in business, designers, research and technology organisations, trade associations, the financial market, academia and others in the value network across the materials community. The KTN and its network groups will provide a range of activities and initiatives to enable the exchange of knowledge and the stimulation of business innovation. Bringing all the materials networks together under the one umbrella will ensure we work together, optimise resources, spread best practice and provide a one-stop shop for materials advice and expertise to UK manufacturing and service providersâ€Source materials KTN website |
| Materio www.materio.com |
Matério is an independent information centre on materials and innovative products. |
| Materials Library www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/materials-library |
Library of materials. Kings College London |
| Offset Warehouse www.offsetwarehouse.com |
Ethical clothing and interiors. Has excellent resources pages, a free ethical directory, newsletter, a consultancy service and will give lectures amongst other information |
| Pintrest www.pinterest.com/ |
A website used in industry for putting together looks/moodboards/inspiration. You can get an account and start setting up your own personal ones |
| Scin www.scin.co.uk/ |
Scin source, advise, create and sell surfaces (finishes) and materials for every conceivable surface both inside and outside the building. source: Scin website |
| Technical/Smart Textiles www.technical-textiles.net www.smart-textiles.net |
Technical and smart textile networks |
| Textiles Environment Design www.tedresearch.net |
The home of sustainable textiles. “Over the last ten years TED has been developing a set of practice-based sustainable design strategies that assist designers in creating textiles that have a reduced impact on the environment” source TED website |
| Textile Futures Research Centre www.tfrc.org.uk |
“TFRC is comprised of researchers across Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (CSM) and Chelsea College of Art and Design (CCW), at the University of the Arts London (UAL). The researchers are engaged in a clearly focused range of textile related research that explores the question “How can more sustainable futures be enabled by textiles?” source website |
| Tilburg Textile Museum www.textielmuseum.nl/en |
Textile Museum, Textile lab including yarn bank and textile Acade |
| Textiles Intelligencewww.textilesintelligence.com/tisttm | “Textiles Intelligence is a leading provider of business information on the global fibre, textile and apparel industries – via printed publications, online access to news and information, and conference presentations from our team of industry experts.†Source Textiles Intelligence |
| Victoria and Albert Museum www.vam.ac.uk/ |
You can search their collections, make appointments & visit |
| Whitworth Art Gallery | Manchester |
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