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  1. The tracks at Stockholm Central are on the former lake bottom between Norrmalm and Blekholmen, "Fabric Bleaching Islet". Weavers used to peg their linen weave onto the grass for UV bleaching.

    #trains #Stockholm #textiles

  2. The tracks at Stockholm Central are on the former lake bottom between Norrmalm and Blekholmen, "Fabric Bleaching Islet". Weavers used to peg their linen weave onto the grass for UV bleaching.

    #trains #Stockholm #textiles

  3. Bookmark: Visible Mending and the Politics of Repair

    Page summary: Come explore visible mending as a historical textile practice rooted in survival and necessity, and how it can directly threaten capitalism
    — Permalink

    https://thetextileanthropologist.substack.com/p/visible-mending-and-the-politics?r=1s865l&triedRedirect=true

    #repair_culture #reuse.city #textiles #mending #repair

  4. FIT: FIT and Columbia Work Together on a New Sustainable Fiber. “FIT, in partnership with Columbia University, has been awarded an $11.5 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to develop a high-performance, sustainable textile fiber grown by bacteria.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/08/fit-fit-and-columbia-work-together-on-a-new-sustainable-fiber/
  5. FIT: FIT and Columbia Work Together on a New Sustainable Fiber. “FIT, in partnership with Columbia University, has been awarded an $11.5 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to develop a high-performance, sustainable textile fiber grown by bacteria.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/08/fit-fit-and-columbia-work-together-on-a-new-sustainable-fiber/
  6. Grampian Arts in Victoria, Australia, started out with a grant for bushfire recovery, and is a regular on the creative arts calendar. Next March is Grampians Textures with many workshops already sold out. If you haven't been, it's quite the experience for folk wanting to learn a new craft with likeminded people. Great to put money back into communities who are going to do it tough with el nino too.
    #climate #textiles #victoria #hallsgap #australia #ecodyeing
    grampianarts.com.au/grampians-

  7. On August 15, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum open Weaving an Empire: Textiles of the Inka World.
    This exhibition will display rarely exhibited garments from the diverse communities under Inka rule who dressed to reflect allegiance to the empire and their own local styles.
    museum.gwu.edu/weaving-empire- #globalmuseum #museums #textiles #weaving #Inca #Inka #exhibitions

  8. On August 15, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum open Weaving an Empire: Textiles of the Inka World.
    This exhibition will display rarely exhibited garments from the diverse communities under Inka rule who dressed to reflect allegiance to the empire and their own local styles.
    museum.gwu.edu/weaving-empire- #globalmuseum #museums #textiles #weaving #Inca #Inka #exhibitions

  9. This Startup’s AI Designs Enzymes That Can Eat Plastic Waste

    In a lab tucked away in an old gun factory in New Haven, Connecticut, a machine heated plastic waste to 536 degrees Fahrenheit and spat out gloopy strings of material that start to harden when they hit the air. This substance made of textiles and post-industrial scrap that were destined for a landfill will be ground to bits to create as much surface area as possible. Landfills are overflowing with plastic trash. Serial inventor Jonathan Rothberg’s Protein Evolution found a solution: using […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  10. This Startup’s AI Designs Enzymes That Can Eat Plastic Waste

    In a lab tucked away in an old gun factory in New Haven, Connecticut, a machine heated plastic waste to 536 degrees Fahrenheit and spat out gloopy strings of material that start to harden when they hit the air. This substance made of textiles and post-industrial scrap that were destined for a landfill will be ground to bits to create as much surface area as possible. Landfills are overflowing with plastic trash. Serial inventor Jonathan Rothberg’s Protein Evolution found a solution: using […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  11. Pillow Shams, Embroidered Flowers and Ribbons, 1920-1930

    This is pair of white linen pillow shams, embroidered and with a drawn thread work edge, Pillow shams were purely decorative, and were laid over a pillow when it was not in use.
    Wyndham & Districts Historical Museum via DigitalNZ

    api.digitalnz.org/records/4808

    #Textiles #1920s #Organic #SeeParts #DigitalNZ

  12. Pillow Shams, Embroidered Flowers and Ribbons, 1920-1930

    This is pair of white linen pillow shams, embroidered and with a drawn thread work edge, Pillow shams were purely decorative, and were laid over a pillow when it was not in use.
    Wyndham & Districts Historical Museum via DigitalNZ

    api.digitalnz.org/records/4808

    #Textiles #1920s #Organic #SeeParts #DigitalNZ