Lydia will be taking part in Warped and Wasted, as a member of seam collectiive.

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What is Warped and Wasted?

‘Warped and Wasted’ will build on what we’ve learned through working together during ‘A Visible THREAD’.

 

We’re now challenging ourselves to work collaboratively to develop an authentically sustainable, immersive and experimental textile installation which will be exhibited at ACEarts, in Somerton, Somerset, UK over seven weeks from August-October 2025. 

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Textile Symposium

We are also planning a ‘Warped and Wasted’ Symposium to coincide with the exhibition which will highlight issues of sustainability, specifically in fine art textile practices.  Disseminating what we learn through our research and making, we want to stimulate critical dialogue and provoke thought, conversation - and action. Watch this space for more details!

We’re excited by our ideas, but some aspects of the project are also rather outside our comfort zones.

We’ve recently completed a sustainability audit, as individual members, as part of ‘A Visible THREAD’.

We recognise that, as artists, sustainability is such a complex issue, and we have a long way to go… However, we are committing ourselves, individually and as a collective, to find ways to work towards making art that doesn’t add to the climate crisis. We know it’s a highly ambitious vision, but we’re determined to work together and see what steps we can make to change the ways we work, the materials we use and to spark conversations with others.