Tag: Flax to Linen
Growing, harvesting, and processing flax straw into linen fibre for spinning, weaving, knitting, etc
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Worlds collide in the best creative way possible on Saturday November 5th as we celebrate the end of the Soil to Sky Project during the Heart of the City Festival at Trillium North Park from 1- pm- Rain or Shine! Including: Assembling the final kites with the pieces made over the last 6 weeks at…
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From May 9- June 5 2016 From Soil to Sky is an opportunity for urban artists, gardeners, paper-makers, spinners, woodworkers, kite- fliers and care-givers to spend 12 sessions over the springtime sharing skills and resources while collaborating to make the best-flying, most inspiring kites we can -completely from materials that grow right in our neighbourhoods.…
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The eartHand folks were interviewed in the summertime by Jennifer Muranetz for a story on the environmental impact of textiles that Collective Evolution were writing. Here is the article and short film. Thanks to Jennifer, Collective Evolution, and all the eartHand folks who helped in the project! And the shirt that took three years of…
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Rebecca Graham did such a fabulous job of putting together our final report for the project that I wanted to share it with those who follow what we do. Enjoy! Aberthau: Flax+Fibre+Food – Year 2 Final Report by Rebecca Graham on behalf of West Point Grey Community Centre and EartHand Gleaners Society Project blog: http://aberthauflaxfibrefood.blogspot.ca…
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We have two final free public celebration events for our 2014 fibre projects, come out to both and get a solid understanding of how cloth is made, and have a great time meeting fun people and doing something extraordinary! Sunday November 9th 1-3 pm Hastings Urban Farm as a part of the Urban Cloth Project…
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Here is a short 5 minute video that sums up a years worth of activities from our first year at Aberthau growing flax for linen and more…
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Happy to announce our first phase of funding for Terroir, our Urban Cloth was successful!… slated to begin in mid April 2014, we are still grantwriting for the rest of the project. So, Terroir; what does this mean? Terroir “a sense of place,” is the sum of the effects that local environment; geography, geology and…
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EartHand Gleaners’ first project was both a great success and a huge learning opportunity. The final step of processing the flax into linen for spinning really drove home two main points. 1.the vast difference in quality one can expect in the fibre depending on the soil where the crop was grown. Best case scenario, a…
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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
EartHand Gleaners Society 