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Our podcast, hosted by the award winning artist/designer/educator Katherine Soucie, is dedicated to creating awareness about textiles to inspire knowledge, encourage creativity and to build material community. We live in a time where there is a lot of misinformation and disconnection to our textiles and materials. Our goal is to capture motivating and inspiring conversations from individuals who have developed an expertise and intimate knowledge of fibres, processes, techniques and technologies related to textiles. You can look forward to interviews with materials, artists, designers, educators, scientists, entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to reveal and uncover the truth behind materials that continue to shape history and revolutionise our everyday experience. Through this, we aim to empower material knowledge, develop awareness about processes and resources and to promote sustainable, responsible practices such as creative use and reuse. The podcast is independently developed and produced. It is through your support that will help us continue to create meaningful and impactful content. #TMR info@materialrevolution.com
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Material Revolutionaries - Creative Reuse + Tools of Transformation In celebration of Sustainable Fashion Week UK, The Material Revolution hosted a special live online panel discussion on creative reuse with designers Jose Hendo (UK), Melissa Ferreira Schwager (Germany/Canada), Sylvia Calvo (Spain) and Jane Ziemons (Australia). This conversation brings together the voices and practices of designers who specialise in creative reuse. This unique opportunity enabled these women t...
This episode is a conversation with author, designer, researcher, educator and visionary Dr. Otto Von Busch. His research explores the emergence of a new hactivist designer role in fashion known as fashion hactivism - a term he coined almost 20 years ago. His seminal texts on the subject questions the current fashion system and encourages alternate practices that make fashion more participatory and more fashion-able. We spend some time expanding upon fashion hactivism and ho...
This episode is a conversation with researcher, environmental engineer and sustainability manager Krisztina Ujhelyi. Originally from Hungary she has spent much of her studies and research in various nordic countries leading her to work with the man made cellulosic fiber research project Ioncell at Aalto University in Finland. We discuss her experience in working with this innovative fibre technology and its future possibilities. Her experience at Ioncell was not only limited...
This episode is a conversation with EILEEN FISHER WASTE NO MORE Creative Director, Sigi Ahl and Administrative/Project Manager Abigail Erikson. Our discussion focuses on their innovative use of industrial needle felting and how they are utilising this technology to shift the narrative of this machinery into a design tool, resulting in an artisanal textile for the 21st century. We touch upon how Waste No More came into fruition and what they are doing differently. Our conversation...
This episode is a conversation Estonian based sustainable designer Reet Aus. Reet is not only the pioneer of an in industrial upcycling method but she is a researcher, environmentalist, theater and film artist who has been experimenting with recycling in fashion and costume design since 2005. Our conversation highlights the valuable role of upcycling as a design method and how it came to inspire the industrial recycling system she developed. But Reet’s knowledge and experien...
This episode is a conversation with Barcelona based eco designer and circular economy ambassador Sylvia Calvo of Sylvia Calvo BCN. Sylvia is driven by sustainable and circular principles and is motivated by the use residual natural materials, specifically coffee bags which are made from jute fibre. Her research in working with this resource and her ongoing collaboration with artists, craftspeople and local industry has contributed to the transformation and value perception of this mater...
This episode is a conversation with Berlin based artist and performer, Lisa Simpson and her performative sewing and textile research practice. Her alternative approach to upcycling the discarded and second hand clothing began in Brazil where she established Agente Costura. A signature feature to Lisa’s work is in how she uses the Singer sewing machine as a musical instrument. The nature of her practice is motivated by her love of sewing which is brought to life in her studio, thoug...
This episode is a conversation with Dutch based designer Billie van Katwijk of Studio Billie. Her interdisciplinary practice as a designer is one that has taken an unconventional path and consideration of everyday materials. She considers resources, processes and design outcomes carefully through a thoughtful process of examination that both physically and philosophically highlights the emphasis on nature and life cycles, transforming our understanding of materials, in part...
This episode is a conversation with textile artist and designer Melissa Ferreira Schwager about how she came to establish her brand Adhesif Clothing through her experience as vintage clothing buyer. After 17 years of being located in Vancouver, Canada she recently relocated to Germany. Her unique, patchwork aesthetic is an exploration of upcycling where zero waste methods are combined with sustainable surface design techniques. We talk about how she came to develop her knowledge and expertise...
#TMR - Episode 7 - Modern Barkcloth - Jose Hendo This episode is a conversation with Ugandan born, London based artist and eco sustainable designer Jose Hendo about her specialised knowledge and experience in working with barkcloth - the world’s oldest textile made by man. We discuss how deeply connected she is to this resource and the impact it has had on her career and personal life not to mention its historical cultural significance to the people of Uganda.Jose is committe...
This episode is a conversation with the artist, textile/fashion designer the Mary Jaeger, based in Brooklyn, NYC. We begin our discussion on how she was introduced to traditional textile techniques and her expertise and knowledge of shibori. From shibori to tuck techniques, Mary’s integrated approach has enabled her to develop proprietary techniques that has come to inform and shape the signature textiles she is known for. Our conversation continues as she generously shares her exp...
Made in Italy with SoulThis episode is a conversation with the Italian brand Meraky. Our conversation begins with how they were introduced into working with discarded materials which led them to establish their brand - a brand known for creating high quality fashion accessories out...
This episode is a conversation with Kyoto based international felt artist Jorie Johnson. Her specialised expertise and knowledge of wool and of the felting process is an example of a textile practice that is contributing to the field of contemporary felt making through her research and innovative approach to the medium. Our discussion examines how her lifelong passion and affinity for wool continues to be informed by historical and contemporary research. How her role as an educator allow...
#TMR - Episode 3 - Regional Hemp + Slow Denim - Shreyans Kokra - CanvaloopThis episode is a conversation with India based hemp textile leader, Shreyans Kokra of Canvaloop. Our discussion addresses how he came to transform a 40 year old family textile business that used to focus on synthetic textile production into a leading sustainable textile company who now produces hemp and alternative bast fibres harvested from the region. Shreyans shares not only his entrepreneurial journey but wha...
This episode is a conversation with UK based textile artist, Allan Brown and his investigative relationship of nettle as a fibre and resource. We discuss his discovery of the plant and how it has come to inform his knowledge and use of processes that have lead him to develop outcomes that have come to inspire a community - a material community. Allan's knowledge of this resource and of the environment that surrounds him continues to motivate his curiousity for what this fibre has to of...
#TMR - Episode 1 - Cotton + Circularity - Benjamin Itter - LebenskleidungThis episode provides an introduction to the cotton fibre and conversation with Berlin based textile company Lebenskleidung. Their journey began with this humble fibre which slowly enabled them to expand and specialise as a leading sustainable textile company in Germany (Europe). They wholesale a range of sustainable fabrics, serving as sourcing partners by building strong partnerships and relationships with local ...
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