WOVEN 2023 Programme Brochure

WOVEN 2023

3 JUNE — 9 JULY

CONTENTS

WELCOME

Woven 2023

Initiated in 2019 by Kirklees Council, the festival is now owned by everyone, from community groups, textile businesses, cultural and educational organisations, to artists, craftspeople and heritage sites across the district.

Accessible

Friendly

WOVEN is a biennial festival grounded in Kirklees’ textile heritage, that celebrates the innovation and passion of today.

The festival is a spotlight moment, showcasing projects from communities across Kirklees, without whose passion – from knitting and crochet, yarn bomb and stitch groups, to schools, artists and workshop leaders, who come out to celebrate in force

– the festival would not be so vibrant and energetic.

Partnerships are also key to ensuring that WOVEN has a lasting impact. Our careers programme, working with The University of Huddersfield, Textile Centre of Excellence, EVOKE, and C+K Careers, has created an online resource, live industry tours, engaged in employability programmes, and has been a focus for a number of research programmes. With support from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Teacher Development Fund, WOVEN has enabled five primary schools to explore ways in which textiles can be embedded across the curriculum.

The themes for this year’s festival have developed from an urgent need to highlight the environmental impact of textiles on the planet, resulting in two core strands: Growing and Sewing.

Growing Colour Together

Over the last year we have been working hard to develop our understanding of natural dyes and the wonderful ways we can be creative and caring through dye processes. During the festival there are lots of opportunities to learn about everything from plant to pigment and get involved in the conversation. Growing Colour Together is supported by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Safer Communities Fund

Celebrating the Stitch will see us support local Stitch Heroes across the district with STRUTing upcycled and embellished outfits on a catwalk, our Mission to Mend Roadshows, Sing and Sew alongside HERD, community quilts, stitch socials, craftivism and everything in between!

Finally, don’t forget that so many of our programmed events are communityled, which this year includes an online and print map of all the community yarn bombing and colour gardens across Kirklees during the festival.

In 2021 we were all affected by COVID, and WOVEN took place, but with much uncertainty and precaution. We would like to acknowledge that COVID is still a large part of some people's lives, so please be accepting of anyone who is wearing a face mask or taking other precautions. We will also endeavour to bring as much of the festival to a wider audience through live content on the WOVEN social media channels, such as Facebook and Instagram. Please make sure you're following us @woveninkirklees

We hope that you all enjoy five weeks of amazing events, workshops, talks, tours, and performances!

Please visit the WOVEN website for the latest information: woveninkirklees.co.uk

Making It

A partnership between WOVEN, the Textile Centre of Excellence and community organisations across North Kirklees, including Pentland Junior and Infant School, Ravensthorpe Community Centre and Bretton Street Enterprise Centre.

The aim of the programme has been to support women from diverse cultural backgrounds to develop their sewing skills, so they can set up as freelance sole traders or take up employment within the textile industry.

Working in the area since 2019, WOVEN was approached by community group leaders who were impressed by the talent in their community, but frustrated by the lack of training and development opportunities to support women to take their talent to the next steps.

The programme has supported over 40 women with entry to employment sessions, delivering 58 hours of training in partnership with Works Better.

Stitch Heroes

Since 2019 WOVEN has worked with incredible textile and thread artists who have dedicated their training and career to developing their textile talents.

In 2023 we want to take time to celebrate all the amazing work these artists and crafts people have done for the festival, as well as identify the Stitch Heroes in the community, in industry, and in our heritage!

Anyone can nominate a Stitch Hero for WOVEN 2023! We want to hear about makers in the community who go out of their way to support others, for example:

• An aunty who tirelessly alters school uniforms.

• The wedding sewer whose wedding dress alterations save the dress and the day.

• Local tailors who have survived through the difficult times of off-the-shelf consumerism, and who are now leading the way in the ‘buy well, buy once’ campaign.

• An unsung hero with a military background, looking after their clothing and knowing a thing or two about repair.

To nominate a Stitch Hero, email us –woven@hatchprojects.org.uk – or send us a direct message on any of our social media channels.

The WOVEN in Kirklees team works all year round on programmes like Making It, which support the community and textile industry.

Landscape and Abstraction Exhibition

SOMERTON ART S P A C E

Holmfirth HD9 2LQ

An exhibition of four female textile artists – Dionne Swift, Kath Shepherd, Allison James, and Jill Hayfield – displaying pieces for sale, including wall art, contemporary embroidery, quilts, scarves, and bags.

10am–4pm

£2 (donation to charity)

Drop in anytime

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Abracafabric – Textile Magic

SKELMANTHORPE

Various venues – See website for details

An exhibition paying homage to and developing the history of art in textiles, from the mythical weaving of Penelope, through the Bayeux tapestry, to the fabulous tapestries decorating medieval halls.

Various times, please see website for details.

Free / Donations

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Dye, Weave Stitch

DENBY DALE PARISH

COUNCIL COMMUNITY BUILDING

Skelmanthorpe HD8 9DA

A display of natural dyeing on fabric, fleece and yarn. There will also be accompanying events and workshops, please check the website for details.

Various times, please see website for details.

Free

Drop in anytime: woveninkirklees.co.uk

Bothered About Cloth

UNITY YARD, BRIDGE MILLS

Holmfirth HD9 3TW

An exhibition of quilts and textile pieces using recycled materials and traditional processes.

Wed–Sun, 10am–4pm

Free

Drop in anytime

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Talking Colour: Huddersfield's

Dyeing Heritage

COLNE VALLEY MUSEUM

Huddersfield HD7 4PY

An exhibition incorporating the stories of natural and synthetic dyestuffs in Huddersfield.

12pm–4pm every Sat and Sun

£3 (with discounts)

Drop in anytime

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University of Huddersfield Graduate Showcase

UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD

Huddersfield HD1 3DH

Graduate showcase for students from the School of Arts and Humanities.

Various times, please see website for details.

Free Drop in anytime

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Quilted: Community, Creativity and Care

HUDDERSFIELD ART GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Wed to Sat, 11am–4pm

BAGSHAW MUSEUM

Batley WF17 0AS

Tues, Wed, Thurs, 11am–5pm Sat and Sun, 12pm–5pm

An exhibition of quilts at Huddersfield Art Gallery:Unit 7, and at Bagshaw Museum, Batley. Quilted celebrates the powerful art of community quiltmaking. Stitching a quilt can be an act of protest, a gesture of care, or an opportunity to connect.

This exhibition represents a wide range of approaches, from the Threads of Survival quilts made across the UK during the COVID pandemic, to a selection of quilts stitched by individuals and communities here in Kirklees.

Free – Drop in anytime

A number of workshops will be held at Huddersfield Art Gallery:Unit 7, alongside the exhibition, which will give you the chance to join volunteers from the Threads of Survival quilt project to make a quilt square, learn new skills, meet new people and stitch together.

Booking is essential for these workshops – find out more on our website: woveninkirklees.co.uk

Eco Dyeing Workshop

ECO HUB

Emley HD8 9QY

Come and join us to learn the basics of using leaves, plant life, and even your kitchen waste to create fabulous dyed fabrics.

1–4pm

£40

Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Make Do and Mend Exhibition

COLNE VALLEY MUSEUM

Huddersfield HD7 4PY

An exhibition that shows, from the Victorians until now, how you can make do and mend to help the environment.

12–4pm every Sat and Sun

£ various

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Make a Macramé Plant Hanger and a Ceramic Plant Pot

THE CLAY MILL

Slaithwaite HD7 5HE

Join us over two workshops, to make a Macramé hanger with colourful cord or recycled t-shirt materials, and a hand-built ceramic pot.

2–4pm

£49 for both workshops

Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

"Threads of Survival continues the proud tradition of documenting important historical events and protest in quilts and textiles. Craftivism is alive and kicking. We welcome connection and provide a safe space for you to explore your creative courage."

The Threads of Survival Team – threadsofsurvival.org

Woven Exhibition

SLAITHWAITE COMMUNITY CENTRE

Slaithwaite HD7 5DL

An exhibition of locally made woven goods.

10am–4pm Free Drop in anytime woveninkirklees.co.uk

MON 5, 12, 19, 26 JUNE & 3 JULY

Cemetery Road Allotment Group Meeting

CEMETERY ROAD

ALLOTMENTS

Birkby HD1 5HB

A friendly and welcoming allotment group, growing plants for natural dyes, at Birkby in Huddersfield.

12:30–2:30pm Free

Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Eco Printing Workshop and Open Garden

THE KIRKWOOD

Dalton HD5 9UY

An eco printing workshop, where you can learn to transfer colour from flowers and leaves onto fabrics, and an opportunity to explore and enjoy the Kirkwood gardens.

10am–3pm Free / Donations welcome Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

SATURDAY 3 JUNE

STRUT: Fashion + Music + Identity

DEWSBURY TOWN HALL (outside)

Dewsbury WF12 8DG

Join us for a free day of fashion, music and fun! Hosted by BBC Radio Leeds' DJ Rima Ahmed.

Schools, community and youth groups will kick off the day by modelling upcycled and embellished fashions which help them to show their individuality. The catwalk will come alive throughout the day with a celebration of uniforms, sports kits and traditional dress, plus exciting performances from local bands, activities and more.

Kirklees Year of Music will set the soundtrack to this exciting event, with live acts playing throughout the day!

The event is family-friendly and everyone is invited to take part in creative drop-in activities with West Yorkshire Print Workshop and Dewsbury Maker World to create fashion accessories.

Plus, get your skates on at a pop-up skate park, hosted by Skate It Yourself. Skaters of all abilities are welcome to take part, equipment and coaching will be provided.

11am–6pm

Free – Drop in anytime woveninkirklees.co.uk

Partly wheelchair accessible, please visit website for more information.

GENERATIONS OF INNOVATORS

In 1766 the trade moved from its humble domestic spinning and weaving beginnings to large-scale mill production and trading in the purpose-built Cloth Hall designed by Sir John Ramsden. This established a worldwide reputation for the manufacture of fine woollen and worsted cloth, and Huddersfield’s status as a centre for the textile industry.

Despite organised protest, most notably by the Luddites who were completely opposed to the new machinery, the home workers had little option but to seek employment in the new mills; and by 1911 there were 22,000 people working in textiles in Huddersfield.

Kirklees' textile story also sees the innovative development of the shoddy and mungo techniques. Said to have been established in Batley, shredded unwanted woollen rags or industry waste were used to create new yarn which made blankets and uniforms for soldiers from the Napoleonic to the Second World War.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the industry saw increased workforce migration from Pakistan and India. Find out more about migration and the shoddy industry in the INTERWOVEN case study on our website.

The decline of Huddersfield’s textile industry began in the late 1960s and was largely due to increased competition and technical advances. Other countries invested in new, more efficient machines which required fewer workers to make cloth more quickly; mass-producing cheaper textiles, which were of inferior quality.

Today, Kirklees is reinventing itself as a centre for textile excellence; harnessing technology, innovation and progression through organisations such as the Textile Centre of Excellence and The University of Huddersfield’s Technical Textiles Research Centre, which aims to re-establish the town and region as a world leader in textiles through the newest technology and manufacturing techniques.

Kirklees is also nurturing the next generation, with textile courses at Kirklees College, a wide range of degrees at the University, and a thriving apprenticeship programme with the Textile Centre of Excellence.

Over the past few years, fabric made made in Kirklees has become more popular, as cultural shifts move towards the environmental focus of buying well and once, as well as seeing the resurgence of the robust and characterful worsted cloth needed for period drama TV shows, such as Downton Abbey and Peaky Blinders. High-end is here to stay!

Kirklees is built on the textiles industry; from the undulating hills, which are perfect for grazing sheep for wool, to the plentiful supply of soft water from the Colne and Holme Rivers, which is essential for washing raw wool.

Memorial

Gestures I –Laura Fisher

HOLOCAUST CENTRE NORTH

The University of Huddersfield

Huddersfield HD1 3DH

An exhibition of knitted blankets by artist Laura Fisher, to look at and wrap around yourselves. Designs are based on artefacts from Holocaust Centre North's Archive.

Mon–Thu, 10am–5pm Free

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Yorkshire

Fur Fabrics

Guided Tour

YORKSHIRE FUR FABRICS

Huddersfield HD1 3DU

Unique opportunity to visit a modern working textile mill.

10–11am Free Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Birkby & Fartown Celebration Garden Party

BIRKBY & FARTOWN LIBRARY

Huddersfield HD1 6HF

An afternoon in the garden, honouring the deep roots of textile heritage and local growing spaces in our area.

1–6pm Free Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Know Your Town – How the Industrial Revolution

Shaped the North!

TOLSON MUSEUM

Huddersfield, HD5 8DJ

A talk that paints a picture of textile heritage through the lens of the Industrial Revolution, with Professor Abigail Harrison Moore and Nicola Redmore.

OXFAM Batley: Teacher Tour

OXFAM Batley WF17 6RA

Teachers working in Kirklees are invited to a one hour tour of OXFAM’s Northern Logistics Centre in Batley.

4–5pm Free Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop

ECO HUB

Emley HD8 9QY

Create your own plant hanger from eco-friendly cords!

6–8pm £25 Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Partly wheelchair accessible, please visit website for more information.

6–8pm Free / Donations

Booking is essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Knit and Natter

ST JAMES' CHURCH

Flockton WF4 4DH

Bring your own project or help us make blankets and scarves for charity. Everyone welcome.

1–4pm Free Drop in anytime woveninkirklees.co.uk

Threads of Survival – Make a Collaborative Quilt Square

HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Join volunteers from the Threads of Survival quilt project to make your own square to add to the quilt.

1:30–3:30pm Free Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Festival Headdresses Exhibition

RADIANT WORKS

Huddersfield HD1 6AL

An exhibitions of festival headdresses and other artworks celebrating natural dyes.

10am–4pm Free

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Meltham: Mission to Mend

MELTHAM CHURCH HALL

Holmfirth HD9 5NW

A celebration of community textile sewing for repair, this roadshow event will bring together the best of local sewing to celebrate with talks, demonstrations, workshops, an exhibition and music.

12–4pm Free Drop in anytime woveninkirklees.co.uk

Huddersfield

Embroidery and Textile Arts Group

Open Day

KIRKHEATON PARISH CENTRE

Kirkheaton HD5 0BH

Open Day at the Textile Arts

Group's regular monthly meeting.

10am–3:30pm Free Drop in anytime

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Bower Roebuck: Behind the Scenes and Mending Tour

BOWER ROEBUCK

Holmfirth HD9 7EN

See how woven fabrics are manufactured with a tour of the warping and weaving departments. You can also choose to have a go at mending fabric in our workshop.

Behind the Scenes: 11am–12pm Behind the Scenes & Mending: 11am–1pm Free Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

The WOVEN Careers

With a combination of short films, career talks, online content, attendance at Career Fairs and facilitation of textile tours locally, we have worked with over 20 schools and 20 textile businesses to bring textiles to life across the curriculum.

WOVEN Careers in 100 Seconds is a collection of 23 short films that showcase people working in different textile roles across Kirklees. The aim of the collection is to inform and inspire viewers with a 100 second snapshot of the breadth, creativity and importance of the local textiles sector. The collection includes careers information, pathways, day-to-day job requirements and top tips from those working in rug making, weaving, textile design, felt art, academia, embroidery, bespoke tailoring, sustainability, textile recycling, garment repair and more.

Textile Tours provide opportunities for young people, teachers and careers advisors to visit a variety of textile workplaces across Kirklees. Connecting young people and those working in education to the reality of the textiles industry is a valuable process that offers experiences of the workplace, sector based learning, and connections to build future opportunities.

This year's innovative textile careers event Textile Futures, builds on the WOVEN Careers Programme from 2021 to 2023, bringing industry and higher education together in one event. On Friday 7 July we’ll be joined by school and college groups from across West Yorkshire at the University of Huddersfield’s Barbara Hepworth Building and on Saturday 8 July we welcome young people and their families to join us.

Supported by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Programme has been raising awareness of the opportunities for training, education and employment in Kirklees' incredibly varied textile sector since 2021.

"Textiles careers are not just about fashion and design. The pathways to employment in our district are vast and can also be found through engineering, computing and science."

Nat Walton, WOVEN Curator

Night on the Knit 3

HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

The third Night on the Knit explores journeys in the world of knit.

5:30–8pm Free Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Holmfirth Stitch Social

FAIR TRADER

Holmfirth HD9 2JS

A social sewing group. Bring along any hand stitch project (mending, embroidery, knitting, crochet, patchwork, etc) to make and chat alongside others.

6–8pm

£2

Punch Needle Taster Session

THREAD REPUBLIC

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Learn how to use different punch needle tools, materials and make a start on your own punch needle artwork.

1–3pm & 6–8pm

£28

Plant Swap and Tour

ECO HUB

Emley HD8 9QY

Bring along your extra plants and do a swap for something you may not have. Plus, have a look around the colour garden we’ve been developing through the Growing Colour Together project.

Embroider a Few Words

HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Join the ‘Give a Few Words’ team & textile artist Hayley Mills-Styles to stitch a few uplifting words and spread some cheer.

11am–1pm, 1:30–3pm

Re-weaving Huddersfield

UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD

Huddersfield HD1 3DH

Exploring Huddersfield's textile mill heritage as inspiration, you will learn to work with discarded materials in the creation of your own woven cloth.

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6–8pm Free Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

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9:30am–4:30pm Free Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Partly wheelchair accessible, please visit website for more information.

Mirfield: Mission to Mend

CALDERDALE & KIRKLEES

RECOVERY & WELLBEING COLLEGE

Mirfield WF14 9AQ

A celebration of community textile sewing for repair, this roadshow event will bring together the best of local sewing to celebrate with talks, demonstrations, workshops, an exhibition and music.

1:30–4:30pm Free

Drop in anytime

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Made Beautifully Here

26 UPPER MILLS

Slaithwaite HD7 5HA

Our celebration of making brings you a boutique marketplace of beautiful things from some of the finest makers in the county and beyond.

10am–5:30pm Free

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Fabric and Nature in Clay Workshop

THE CLAY MILL

Slaithwaite HD7 5HE

Using fabrics, nature (leaves, lace and fabric wood-blocks) to create patterns and textures come and create porcelain buttons and a trinket bowl.

2–4pm

£22

Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Freehand Machine Embroidery

ECO HUB

Emley HD8 9QY

Have you always wanted to learn how to draw with your machine? This is the workshop for you.

1–3pm

£40

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Upcycle and

Screen

Print a T-shirt –

Charity Shop Challenge

WEST YORKSHIRE PRINT WORKSHOP

Huddersfield HD1 2SU

Breathe some new life into an old t-shirt at this workshop, using screen and block printing techniques.

11–11:45am, 12–12:45pm, 1–1:45pm £3

Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Festival Headdress Workshop

RADIANT WORKS

Huddersfield HD1 6AL

Make your own festival headdress, with materials included and tutors to guide you.

10am–12pm and 1–3pm

£25

Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

CELEBRATING THE STITCH

We want to celebrate our wonderful stitchers!

WOVEN has been talking to communities across the district and we know there are hundreds of stitch groups out there doing amazing work bringing communities together, fighting isolation, sparking each other’s imaginations, befriending in times of need, helping each other get back into work, and even supporting others with language skills.

As we hit a crisis point in both the environmental impact of the fashion industry and the cost of living crisis, home sewing is becoming more and more urgent, with the ability to ‘make-do-andmend’ becoming essential.

This year we’re working with you to deliver an exciting programme of stitch, including:

STRUT: Fashion + Music + Identity

On 3 June, STRUT comes to Dewsbury. Get ready to see members of the local community strut their stuff and celebrate their individuality on this day of fashion, music and fun! See how embellished and upcycled fashions can showcase someone's unique style, plus create your own bespoke accessories, hear some amazing local music, and get your skates on at our skate park.

Mission to Mend Roadshows

Come along to one of the five locally developed roadshows to learn more about stitch techniques, embellished mending and bring Make Do and Mend out of the war and into your wardrobe! Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the roadshows will be hosted in Meltham, Holmfirth, Golcar, Heckmondwike and Mirfield.

Quilted: Community, Creativity and Care

The Quilted exhibition at Huddersfield Art Gallery and Bagshaw Museum features the Threads of Survival quilts made by over 160 people during the COVID pandemic, plus a range of quilts made by individuals and communities across Kirklees. Book sessions at the activity space in Huddersfield Art Gallery:Unit 7 to meet, learn and stitch together.

Roving Lands

CROW NEST PARK

Dewsbury WF13 2SG

Don't miss this collaborative textile installation, Roving Lands, which will be taking over Crow Nest Park's Wildflower Garden for one day only.

12–6pm Free Drop in anytime woveninkirklees.co.uk

Heckmondwike: Mission to Mend

VENUE TBC

Please check website for details

A celebration of community textile sewing for repair, this roadshow event will bring together the best of local sewing to celebrate with talks, demonstrations, workshops, an exhibition and music.

Times TBC, please see website for details.

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WOVEN Family Fun Day

HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Bring the family to get creative with textiles, inspired by Quilted: Community, Creativity and Care exhibition, that celebrates quilts, sewing and community. Share textile skills with family, friends and the community.

11am–3:30pm

Botanical: a Contemporary Approach to Natural Dyeing

ALL HALLOWS CHURCH

Kirkburton HD8 0SJ

A celebration of natural dye, gardens and the contribution made by the communities of Kirkburton Parish. Textiles, music and connection.

1–4pm Free Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Flower Forensics –

Textile Printing and Growing Workshop

BIRKBY INFANT AND NURSERY SCHOOL

Huddersfield HD1 5HQ

Explore the wonderful creative potential of edible flowers, what works best in the vegetable plot and what flowers we can use for natural dyeing.

4:30–6:30pm Free

Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Hookie Rug Workshop with Kathy Shepherd

HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Join Artist Kathy Shepherd to try your hand at this traditional textile technique of Hookie Rug-making.

11am–3:30pm Free / Donations

Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

WED 21 JUNE

THU 22 JUNE

JUNE & 7–9 JULY

Hudfam: The Huddersfield

Origins of the Fair Trade and Sustainability Movement

HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Join us for a public talk by Professor Bertrand Taithe on the history of Hudfam’s remarkable founder Elisabeth Wilson, pioneer of fair trade in Huddersfield.

6–8pm

Free / Donations

The People Behind the Cloth

AFRICAN FABRIC SHOP

Meltham HD9 5NW

Bundle Dyeing with Flowers

BIRKBY & FARTOWN LIBRARY

Huddersfield HD1 6HF

SAT 24

JUNE

SAT

24 JUNE

Knit & Natter and Yarn

GREENHEAD COLLEGE

Huddersfield HD1 4ES

Bombing

THE KIRKWOOD

ONLINE & HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Join Uthra Rajgopal, Independent Curator, and Avalon Fotheringham, Curator of South Asian Textiles at the V&A, and archive staff from Heritage Quay to discuss the Textile Fabrics of India Archive held at the University of Huddersfield.

10:30am–12pm online and in-person talk, 1–3:30pm in-person discussion.

Free / Donations

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Meet - virtually - the artisans and traders behind the handdyed fabrics, recycled glass beads and fair trade baskets that we source directly all a cross Africa.

10am–4pm Free

Come along and learn how to bundle dye using natural pigments from the Birkby and Fartown Library Dye Garden. Use flowers to create colour on textiles, meet others and learn how to work with textiles.

1:30–3:30pm Free

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A two-hour practical workshop at Greenhead College, which will introduce you to natural dyeing, with dyes made from kitchen scraps or cuttings from your garden.

10am–12pm or 1–3pm

Free Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Dalton HD5 9UY

Join us for the monthly craft group (knit and natter) in our yarn bombed gardens.

10am–1pm

Free / Donations

Chemical dyes became available during the Industrial Revolution, with ease of application and an unlimited palette making them appealing to industry and artisan alike. The downside was worker exposure to harmful chemicals, and pollution of water and the ground.

Over the past 12 months we've worked to expand our knowledge of natural dyes, the process of creating them, and how we can be sustainable whilst also being creative.

With support from Arts Council England

we have appointed seven artists to create three community dye hubs in Birkby and Fartown, Dewsbury, and Kirkburton. Each area has been establishing their own dye garden and working with the community to support hands-on, creative ways to use natural dye techniques. Each area will be holding its own event to showcase their growing and creative endeavours, along with a series of plant swaps, workshops, talks and tours.

In addition to the three hubs, we have supported community groups and schools with start-up funds to learn what to grow and when.

You can use the resources on our website to help you start your own dye garden and get involved with the Kirklees challenge to get everyone growing. During the festival there will be lots of ways to learn about everything from plants to pigment, and we hope everyone can come together during the festival to swap plants, ideas and creations!

If you have a dye garden (even if it's just starting to bloom) or you are an artist wanting to connect with other dye artists use the Growing Colour Together Network on our website to make connections.

As we discuss textiles and the environment in new ways, we cannot ignore natural dyes and the increased role natural dyeing plays in the future of the textile industry.

Intro to Natural Dyeing

WEST YORKSHIRE PRINT WORKSHOP

Mirfield WF14 8AT

Explore a range of colours using vegetable and plant dyes such as turmeric, madder, onion skins and logwood on this natural dyeing workshop.

11am–4pm

£65

Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Foraging Walk for Natural Dyes

ST PATRICK'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY ACADEMY

Huddersfield HD2 2BJ

Join local textile artist Kayleigh Davis on a foraging walk for natural dye plants. Meet at the grassy area with a gate next to St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy on George Avenue.

10am–12pm

Free

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Golcar: Mission to Mend

GOLCAR SCOUT AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Huddersfield HD7 4QE

A celebration of community textile sewing for repair, this roadshow event will bring together the best of local sewing to celebrate with talks, demonstrations, workshops, an exhibition and music.

12–4pm Free Drop in anytime woveninkirklees.co.uk

Every Child Challenge – Home Education Session

HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Every child has the right to be creative and explore their textile talent. Join artist Kim Searle from Darn It Workshops in this textile based workshop exploring repair, embellishment and getting creative with textiles!

Wed 28 June, 11:30am–1:30pm

Thu 6 July, 1:30–3:30pm

Free / Donations

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Shakespeare and the Fur Trade: Ermines and Whiteness in The Winter's Tale

HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

This talk examines the presence of fur on the Shakespearean stage as a signifier that stretches across the lines of species, class, and race.

5:30-6.30pm

Free

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Patterns from India

HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

This creative workshop will explore the Textile Fabrics of India Archive held at the University of Huddersfield, offering you the opportunity to create your own response to these wonderful patterns.

11:30am–3:30pm

Free / Donations

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Visible Mending

ECO HUB

Emley HD8 9QY

Join us with your old loved clothes for this unique step-bystep workshop for beginners in visible mending, embrace the patch!

6–8pm £25

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Holmfirth: Mission to Mend

VENUE TBC

Please check website for details

A celebration of community textile sewing for repair, this roadshow event will bring together the best of local sewing to celebrate with talks, demonstrations, workshops, an exhibition and music.

12–4pm

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Growing Colour Together Symposium

THE UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD

Huddersfield HD1 3DH

Join us for our Growing Colour Together Symposium. We have presentations from artists, designers and researchers exploring natural dyes.

10am–4pm

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Every Family Stitch Challenge Day

HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

A drop in day where every child and adult gets to learn new textile skills. Led by artist Kim Searle, there will be a variety of creative techniques to get you started.

11am–3:30pm

Free / Donations

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Swap & Sew

THREAD REPUBLIC

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Clothes swap and sewing workshop in Huddersfield at the Thread Republic Textiles Hub.

11am–3pm

£2 adult, under 16s free.

Drop in anytime

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Dye Garden Tours

MARSH HALL LANE

Thurstonland, HD4 6XB

Join local artist Isobel Denton for a tour of her natural dye garden.

10–11:30am, 12:30–2:00pm, 2:30–4pm Free

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Partly wheelchair accessible, please visit website for more information.

SING AND SEW

a disposable society, to repair is to

The Economist, 2019

Thanks to support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, two amazing projects will take place this year as part of Sing and Sew across Kirklees – Mission to Mend and HERD. Mission to Mend is an exciting part of WOVEN's Celebrating the Stitch strand, which aims to address pressing issues for people and the planet, drawing inspiration from the rich textile heritage of the area.

'Make Do and Mend' was part of the Government's 1941 campaign urging people to repair, reuse and reimagine their existing clothes during Second World War rationing. Today it is just as important, with the imperative to keep clothing out of landfill and incineration. Waste is prevalent in every part of the fashion and textile industry, as a result of overproduction, overconsumption and problematic end-of-life solutions. The pressure is mounting on fashion brands and textile companies to lower their impacts on people, the planet, and animals. And we, as consumers and global citizens, also have an important role to play.

Mission to Mend is hosted across five locations – Golcar, Meltham, Mirfield, Holmfirth, and Heckmondwike. Each event is an opportunity to celebrate local textile talent from those working in the textile industry to our very own Stitch Heroes! Each area has been running a series of ‘creative repair’ hand sewing workshops to build up to their repair roadshow.

HERD is a major new project devised by composer Orlando Gough and produced by Artichoke as part of Kirklees Year of Music. It is a musical celebration of the industrial and cultural heritage of Kirklees, and features a flock of hand-crafted oversized musical sheep sculptures and hundreds of local participants.

Inspired by the formative history of the woollen trade and the people who came from all over to work in the textile mills, HERD knits together musical traditions and identities into a genre-defying community chorus and epic finale in St George’s Square, Huddersfield, on Sunday 16 July.

11-16 July 2023 across Kirklees Herd-kirklees.co.uk @artichoketrust #HERD2023

“In

rebel”

Reduce, Rewear, Recycle, Repair, Resell.

Modern Rag

Rugging Techniques

THREAD REPUBLIC

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Join craft tutor and maker Kim Searle for a relaxed and informative workshop learning Rag Rug techniques with a modern twist!

6–8pm £25

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Woollen Yarns Spinning Mill Tour

GARDINER YARNS

Huddersfield HD1 3PZ

Guided factory tour (limited to 10 people) of a woollen yarn spinner making stock supported and custom weaving and knitting yarns.

10:30am–12:30pm Free

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Nicola Perren & Dionne Swift in conversation

HUDDERSFIELD ART

GALLERY:UNIT 7

Huddersfield HD1 2RS

Local textile artists Dionne Swift and Nicola Perren will talk about their artist practice and their experiences of quilting communities.

6–8pm Free Booking essential woveninkirklees.co.uk

Introduction to English Paper

Piecing Quilting

ECO HUB

Emley HD8 9QY

What better way to have some you time and learn something new. Once you've learnt the basics you'll be hooked.

1–3pm

£25

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Kirklees Q4CL

Open Day

MELTHAM PARISH

CHURCH HALL

Meltham HD9 5NW

Discover patchwork and quilting as we make quilts that will be given to young people as they leave the care of the Local Authority and begin independent living.

10:30am–4pm Free

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A Celebration of Banners

NEW NORTH ROAD

BAPTIST CHURCH

Huddersfield HD1 5JU

An exhibition of banners made from silk and other textiles to celebrate the Christian Calendar.

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Textile Futures

THE UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD

Huddersfield HD1 3DH

This event brings textile industry demonstrations, higher education tours and careers information together for the first time in Kirklees. Textile Futures is a collaboration between WOVEN, the local textiles industry and the University of Huddersfield, and is supported by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Throughout the day attendees can speak with local textile manufacturers, tour the fashion and textiles facilities at the University, learn about various career pathways into different textile sectors and tour the Technical Textiles research labs to watch textile science experiments.

The aim of the day is to showcase the impressive manufacturing, science, innovation and design career opportunities available in Kirklees' textile industry today.

Four different zones will be running hourly throughout the day, at 10am, 11am, 12pm and 2pm.

10am–3pm

Free

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Family friendly, outdoor, drop in workshop to explore plant printing in a beautiful community garden setting.

10:30am–12:30pm

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"It's important to work collaboratively across the textiles sector to connect young people with the incredible innovation in textiles happening on our doorstep. Not only to inspire the future workforce, but to build pride and understanding about the relevance of Kirklees in a global context"

Julia Roebuck, WOVEN Careers Project Manager

As consumers we have a responsibility to understand the impact of the clothes we wear, how we can do our bit to counter the damage, as well as how to change our shopping habits and care for our clothing.

• 20% of global wastewater comes from textile dyeing.

• Textile dyeing is the world's secondlargest polluter of water, as waste water from the dyeing process is often dumped into ditches, streams, or rivers.

• Wet processing factories, where materials are turned into fabrics through bleaching, printing, dyeing, finishing and laundering typically use 0.58 kg of chemical inputs for every 1 kg of fabric produced.

• Each year dyeing processes use enough water to fill 2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.

• The fashion industry is responsible for 20% of all industrial water pollution worldwide.

• In the UK an estimated 350,000 tonnes of clothes end up in landfill every year.

• 40% of clothing purchased in some countries is never used.

Sources: Geneva Environment Network. World resources Institute. UNEP, The New York Times, The Guardian. The trends and trailblazers creating a circular economy for fashion, by Soukeyna Gueye on June 22, 2021. WRI. The trends and trailblazers creating a circular economy for fashion, by Soukeyna Gueye on June 22, 2021. BBC Smart Guide To Climate Change | Environment.

“It’s critical for the fashion industry to come together and align its actions, both within individual companies and across the entire supply chain, to pave the way for the sweeping changes that are needed to address the climate crisis.”

8–10%

of global carbon emissions are due to the fashion industry.

70 million

Fashion sucks up more energy than both aviation and shipping combined.

93%

Polyester takes hundreds of years to decompose and can lead to microfibres escaping into the environment.

700 gallons

of water are needed to produce one cotton shirt.

Cutting down on washing can help reduce your carbon footprint, lower water use and the number of microfibres released.

of brands surveyed by Fashion Checker aren’t paying garment workers a living wage.

200+%

Returning items effectively doubles the emissions from transporting your goods.

By 2028, the second hand market is expected to out-grow the fast fashion market by:

150%

barrels of oil a year are used to make polyester fibres in our clothes, and 65% of the clothing that we wear is polymer-based.

93 billion

cubic metres of water is used by the fashion industry, leaving it contaminated by toxic chemicals.

350,000

tonnes of clothes end up in landfill every year in the UK alone.

A third of all Instagram users are now buying items on social networks, and the subscription e-commerce market has been growing every year more than:

100%

The global environmental impact of the textiles, and especially fashion, industries have become an international concern. The statistics show that we are at a crisis point and that it's time to make a change.

Lindita Xhaferi-Salihu Sector Engagement Lead with UN

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The People Behind the Cloth

Pg 28

Make Do and Mend Exhibition Pg 9

Eco Dyeing Workshop Pg 9

Cemetery Road Allotment Group Meeting Pg 10

The People Behind the Cloth

Pg 28

Make Do and Mend Exhibition Pg 9

Threads of Survival Pg 16

Cemetery Road Allotment Group Meeting Pg 10

Make Do and Mend Exhibition Pg 9

Threads of Survival Pg 16

WOVEN Family Fun Day Pg 26

Cemetery Road Allotment Group Meeting Pg 10

Make Do and Mend Exhibition Pg 9

Threads of Survival Pg 16

Cemetery Road Allotment Group Meeting Pg 10

Every Child Challenge – Home Ed. Session Pg 33

Make Do and Mend Exhibition Pg 9

Eco Dyeing Workshop Pg 9

Dye Gardens Tours Pg 35

Cemetery Road Allotment Group Meeting Pg 10

Every Child Challenge – Home Ed. Session Pg 33

Make Do and Mend Exhibition Pg 9

WOVEN Family Fun Day Pg 26

STRUT: Fashion + Music + Identity Pg 11

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Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop Pg 15

Knit and Natter Pg 16

Meltham: Mission to Mend Pg 17

Bower Roebuck: Behind the Scenes Tour Pg 17

Birkby & Fartown Celebration Garden Party Pg14

Huddersfield Embroidery and Textile Arts Group Open Day Pg 17

Holmfirth Stitch Social Pg 20

Re-weaving Huddersfield Pg 21

Screen Print Charity Shop Challenge Pg 23 Festival Headdress Workshop Pg Fabric, Nature in Clay Workshop Pg 22

Roving Lands Pg 26

Freehand Embroidery Pg 23

Heckmondwike: Mission to Mend Pg 26

Botanical: a Contemporary Approach to Natural Dyeing Pg 27

Flower Forensics – Textile Printing and Growing Workshop Pg 27

Hookie Rug Workshop with Kath Shepherd Pg 27

Hudfam: The Huddersfield Origins of the Fair Trade and Sustainability movement Pg 28

Study Day: Spotlight on the Textile Fabrics of India Archive Pg 28 Bundle Dyeing with Flowers Pg 29

Golcar: Mission to Mend Pg 32

Patterns from India Pg 33

Visible Mending Pg 34

Holmfirth: Mission to Mend Pg 34

Rag Rugging Techniques Pg 38

Swap & Sew Pg 35

Shakespeare and the Fur Trade: Ermines and Whiteness in The Winter's Tale Pg 33

Growing Colour Together Symposium Pg 34

Every Family Stitch Challenge Day Pg 35

Dye Gardens Tours Pg 35

Woollen Yarns Spinning Mill Tour Pg 38

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THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS & FUNDERS

WOVEN in Kirklees is funded by Kirklees Council but owned by everyone, so we would like to thank the Creative Development Team at Kirklees Council and everyone in Kirklees for their continued support, through the community-led events and activities, and by being a wonderful festival audience and such amazing volunteers. With special thanks to Thread Republic for their creative input and textiles know-how.

Find the Yarn Bombs and Colour Gardens Across Kirklees

WOVEN wouldn’t be what it is without the wonderful community of knitters and crocheters who celebrate every festival with the most wonderfully creative yarn bombs, which pop up across the district. Searching for all the amazing work at each festival has become an exciting regular feature, and this year you can find everything from knitted villages to post box toppers on a yarn bomb map, available on the WOVEN website and appearing in celebratory print soon.

WOVEN in Kirklees 2023 has been delivered by HATCH and team:

• Kathy Coates-Mohammed

• Emma Manners

• Alison McIntyre

• Louisa Parry

• Nicola Perrin

• Julia Roebuck

• Natalie Rudd

• Fran Smith

• Natalie Walton

• Kate Watson

• Elnaz Yazdani

• John Slemensek~Thorpe and team Bohkego

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Also appearing on the map, will be the colour gardens that have sprung up through the Growing Colour Together project. Growing Colour Together is more than a project, it’s a movement! And our ambition is to create a district-wide, natural-dye, colour garden. The gardens will be at all stages of their development, from those just starting out to more advanced gardens, and from allotments to planters. Not all the gardens are publicly accessible but we want to show just how many Growing Colour Together inspired gardens we have in Kirklees, in the hope that you too will be inspired to join this district-wide movement!