a textile artist living in Brighton East Sussex is known for his magical transformation of nettles, celebrated in the film The Nettle Dress. He also works in wool, hemp and flax with the aim of creating functional durable cloth that draws lightly on the land. Through using local natural materials and dyes, his creations reflect the textures and colours of the landscape he works with.
The Nettle Dress
Clothing that is being made this way, specifically for you, by people that know and love you, from fibres that are to be found in your own landscape, is the way clothing has been made for most of our history.
May 25, 2023