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Homegrown Woad - Three Ways of Extracting the Elusive Blue Pigment

Homegrown Woad - Three Ways of Extracting the Elusive Blue Pigment

Dye Garden, ResearchRia Burns27 December 2019Woad, Natural Dye, Blue Comments

Sustainable Knitwear Talk at Unravel Festival

Sustainable Knitwear Talk at Unravel Festival

ResearchRia Burns26 February 2019British Wool, Machine Knitting, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Knitting, Talk, Unravel FestivalComment

Industrial Knitting with British Wool Yarn

Industrial Knitting with British Wool Yarn

AR7007, Knitting, ResearchRia Burns19 July 2018Knitting, Fine Gauge Knitting, British Wool, DubiedComment

Unravel - A Festival of Knitting

Unravel - A Festival of Knitting

Research, Knitting, TD7014Ria Burns21 February 2018Knitting, Yarn, Trade Fair, Textile Industry, Textiles, Sustainability, British Wool, Wool, Natural Dye Comment

Spin Expo

Spin Expo

ResearchRia Burns11 February 2018Trade Fair, Knitting, Yarn, Trends, Innovation, Knitting IndustryComment

Soft Engineering exhibition

Soft Engineering exhibition

ResearchRia Burns29 January 2018Gallery Visit, Knitting, Weaving, Texture, Structure, Textile ArtComment

Future Fabrics Expo

Future Fabrics Expo

ResearchRia Burns25 January 2018Market Research, Materials, Sustainable FashionComment

Fashion has a pollution problem — can biology fix it?

Fashion has a pollution problem — can biology fix it?

ResearchRia Burns30 December 2017Research Methodologies, Natural Dye, Natural World, Sustainability, Slow Fashion, Slow design, InnovationComment

The Dyer's Garden

The Dyer's Garden

ResearchRia Burns10 December 2017Research Methodologies, Art, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Dye Garden, Natural World, Slow designComment

Lichen

Lichen

ResearchRia Burns8 December 2017Research Methodologies, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Lichen Comment

Pollution in the Chemical Dye Industry

Pollution in the Chemical Dye Industry

ResearchRia Burns7 December 2017Research Methodologies, Textil Industry, Pollution, Chemical Dyes, Sustainable FashionComment

Alum

Alum

ResearchRia Burns4 December 2017Research Methodologies, Natural Dye, Mordants, Historical Context, Sustainability, Slow FashionComment

Indigo Workshop

Indigo Workshop

ResearchRia Burns1 December 2017Research Methodologies, Workshop, Slow Fashion, Knitting, Indigo, Colour, Sustainability, Experiment, TextilesComment

Ethel Mairet

Ethel Mairet

ResearchRia Burns29 November 2017Research Methodologies, Natural Dye, Historical Context, Mordants, Slow Fashion Comments

Exhausting!

Exhausting!

ResearchRia Burns27 November 2017Research Methodologies, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Slow design, Slow Fashion, Experiment Comment

Dyeing Yarn with Weld Extract

Dyeing Yarn with Weld Extract

ResearchRia Burns23 November 2017Research Methodologies, Weld, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Slow design, Foraging, Natural WorldComment

Dyeing Yarn with Woad

Dyeing Yarn with Woad

ResearchRia Burns21 November 2017Research Methodologies, Experiment, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Woad, Slow design, BlueComment

Greenpeace's Dextox Campaign

Greenpeace's Dextox Campaign

ResearchRia Burns18 November 2017sus, Research Methodologies, Sustainability, Sustainable Fashion, Pollution, Chemical Dyes, Natural DyeComment

Kristine Vejar

Kristine Vejar

ResearchRia Burns17 November 2017Research Methodologies, Sustainable Fashion, Slow Fashion, Natural Dye, SustainabilityComment

Tannins

Tannins

ResearchRia Burns10 November 2017Research Methodologies, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Tannins, Experiment, TextilesComment