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This programme looks at how science is being combined with traditional materials to create the next generation of smart and technical textiles materials. Case studies include how carbon fibre is used in...
This resource looks at the impact of new technology on the global fashion and textile industry. A top fashion design house shows how ICT, CAD and CAM has revolutionised the way they communicate with their...
Documentary. The Yayla is the name given to the summer pastures in the high Taurus mountains in Southern Turkey. The film reveals the way of life in the Yayla and shows in detail how the nomads milk their...
Documentary. This DVD shows two traditional methods of glass beadmaking and shows in detail how beautiful handcrafted beads are produced. In Turkey, glass beads are made in a furnace and the technique is...
Featuring footage from industrial textiles testing laboratories, this programme examines the tests that textiles undergo before reaching the market. It looks at such tests as flammability, abrasion, pilling,...
Yinka Shonibare is a painter, photographer and installation artist, whose art is influenced by both the cultures of Nigeria, where he grew up, and Britain, where he studied and now lives. He has exhibited...
Examines the role of crafts in culture and brings together makers and their materials, skills and products. Uses individual objects, diagrams, text and video footage of practising makers to look at the...
Ajrakh is the last type of cloth to be made by the mordant-resist process, which was used for over 1000 years in India; its detailed patterns were introduced by the Moghuls and are reputed to be of Sufi...
Demonstrates how waste materials can be used to create imaginative transformations. Features the work of textile artists, designers and manufacturing companies. The materials used range from plastic bottles...
The Indian decorative embroidery art of morror work (shisha) is thought to have been developed by the wife of Shah Jahan, who built the Jah Mahal in her honour. Since the time of the Moghuls the women of...
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