I am so impressed with the concerns raised by our students about how the Textiles studios are attending to our responsibilities towards sustainability. Wow, we got a couple “C”s!! (Click on the right hand column link to Our own house posts). Bravo to your honesty and thoughtful, salient assessments and recommendations. We are going to address each one and move forward towards our goal of an environmentally and ethically supported studio and practice. (The photo above is the current state of our brainstorming board – the result of the research, thinking, reading, lively discussion that this semester has produced thus far. Virtually all elements are interconnected but for visual clarity we didn’t draw them in…yet.)
My (non-sustainably produced) socks are KNOCKED OFF by the wonderful ideas and products and makers the students have discovered and brought to our attention!!
Thanks Jenny R.! We appreciate your feedback. Stay tuned for more research and analysis of current issues. And then enjoy some COLOR when we get to natural dyes next month!