What is a Textile? What is Innovation? What is Textiles Future?

Christine Borland - Bullet Proof Breath - Glass and Spidersilk

Do-Ho Suh - Sheer Fabric House


Kyoko Kumai - Woven Steel


Teppo Asikainen - Cloud Chamber

Almira Sadar and Marija Jenko - Snow Queen - Relief Moulded Felt

Clare Goddard - Preservation - Industrially coated petal fabric

William Morris - Chrysanthemum Wallpaper 1877

E.V.Day - Transporter - 2000 - Sequin dress shredded and suspended between mirrors

Noh Robe Detail - Japan - Gold leaf and embroidery

Tyrolean look cotton scarf

Weaving on a vertical loom in Cameroon using fibres extracted from fronds of raphia palm

Textiles appeal to senses and emotion.

Innovation improves life.

Future Textiles should appeal to senses and emotions while improving life.