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Originally posted on FurugiStar: After buying a boro scarf at a Tokyo flea market I wanted to learn more about the scruffy, stylish fabric. I pulled at a loose thread and unraveled an interesting tale going back hundreds of years. Boro was born of forgotten values of ‘mottainai’ or ‘too good to waste’. An idea…
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It is with pure happiness that I announce eartHand has Rebecca Graham as it’s very first artistic director- our first year birthday present! At our very first AGM yesterday we created the position and nominated eartHand member Rebecca to the position. I have been a big fan of Rebecca’s work for a few years now…
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the final event for a great year of growing flax, food and dye plants at Aberthau. Come join us on November 7th! sit spin poster
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For the summer of 2013 Sharon Kallis and Caitlin ffrench in partnership with Vancouver Park Board and the West Point Grey Community hope to animate the old tennis courts behind Aberthau House by turning them into garden beds with a textile plant focus. We are specifically keen to plant flax for linen production, as well…
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The following is a project that eARThand gleaners society will be pursuing crowd sourced funding for in the near future. Project Tecocomulco The adaptive co-evolution of ecology and economy with art and culture Project Description Project Tecocomulco “Transforming what was once considered trash into viable community art communicates a strong message. Art has the power…
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EartHand Gleaners Society uses a community-engaged model for creating environmental art projects with opportunities for research, skill development and skill sharing. Our projects foster multicultural, interdisciplinary collaboration among community members and professionals in the fields of education, sciences and the arts. We model how to “Be a Producer without first being a Consumer”: to be…
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