Kaien Fusion of Fashion, Culture and Dance

Futuristic fashion by Iris van Herpen

The queen of woods by Carly Jenkins @killingfrostfarm

Interested in fashion (and/or) textile waste ? Then you should enjoy our short film, showing one girl transforming 7 different types of textile waste into 7 dif...ferent garments in 7 days. After the film, Rachel Swatton will teach us how to make a Kimono style garment using textile waste. To find out more and book for 6pm session: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/143554263667 To find out more and book for 7pm session: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/143639584865 This FREE event is part of Chippenham Fringe Feb Festival, sponsored by Chippenham Borough Lands Charity. Chippenham ACE

Reminder that Kaien Fusion, the 2021 masked edition is coming up, please submit your interest by March 10th. You can submit your own photos or videos of your work (sharing your fashion, culture, or dance). Or you can state your interest to work with us to provide photography or capture video of your work to be showcased online. Send us a message here or submit your creations at [email protected]. Original, contemporary Raven mask (dyed and stitched leather) by artisan John Lincoln. Photography by Andrew Stewart, ProRez Studio.

Beautiful and innovative.

You have until 6:45 tonight to vote for last night's finalists, Change Makers will be one of the finalists featured tonight. Tune in to learn more about the finalists and vote, you will have 24 hours following the broadcast to vote.

Change Makers, and some other great businesses in town, have been nominated for the Business Excellence Awards, tune in tonight and cast your vote!

Some fusion right here!

Submissions of photos and videos are currently being accepted for Kaien Fusion's online celebration of contemporary and traditional fashion, culture and dance. ... In keeping with the times, we are featuring a special section to highlight your masked creations. Submissions are due by March 10, 2021. [email protected] This poster features the Raven Mask, drum and fashion of John Lincoln. See more

"My work on plant roots and root weaving focusses on the hidden world we don't see. I am fascinated with the dynamics of these underground networks, which are s...o strong but can be manipulated. Plant neurobiologists such as Stefano Mancuso consider roots to be the brain of the plant, and research has shown these intelligent networks are in constant communication I am also interested in how humans can manipulate nature for our own use, and in the ambitious tendency of humans to cherish nature on one hand while exploiting it on the other. In my work, I don't weave roots as you would a typical material; rather, the roots weave themselves while searching for nutrition and water within the templates I create. It's really a collaboration with nature. The roots never do exactly what I would like, which I think makes the finished piece much nicer" Diana Scherer

Weavers in Brazil are turning pop-tops into fashionable designer bags for Bottletop, a retailer that aims to highlight excessive waste in the garment industry.