I've been running around doing Behind the Scenes Stuff (which is still ongoing), but I was impressed enough to stop and look at the new exhibition at the Chair gallery.
It's a comparison between clothes made from derivatives of oil ("clothes from the oil fields") versus clothes made from natural fibres ("clothes from the farmers' fields"). Superficially, the two outfits in the window look very similar - but when you look closer, and think about it, the natural fibres are renewable and sustainable and the clothes from the oil fields - aren't.
I'm not sure if I'll have time to pop in to chat to the exhibitors - I'm sure it will be very interesting.
[Edited to add: I did have time to pop in today, and as well as the comparison between different sorts of clothing there were also some examples of visible mending, natural dyes from the lady who has the spinning wheel on the market, and a nurse's cape decorated with patchwork and crocheted squares.]
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