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Old Market Manor, Barton Manor
Bristol, BS2 0RL

Artisan natural dye studio, using locally foraged and organically grown natural dyes, bio-regionally sourced cloth and paper and low impact traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques. Offering limited edition gifts, bespoke services and a range of workshops to help creatives transition to using non-toxic practices and connecting communities with Nature using creativity as a medium.

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BRISTOL CLOTH

 

We raised over £18k in our Crowdfunder to produce the first 200 metres of Bristol Cloth!!


WOW.
What an EPIC journey this has been.
THANK YOU!!!
Every single one of you who has pledged, donated, written about/filmed/interviewed/published the Bristol Cloth story, collaborated, shared posts, encouraged me, modelled and been there to offer ideas and suggestions to keep the momentum going...So many people have been instrumental in making this happen.
Honestly, I've never felt so supported and connected in my life. I am incredibly grateful to you all. I'm excited. I'm thrilled that we've raised over £18,000 and the Bristol Cloth is a real happening thing.
This has been a massively adrenaline fuelled day, week, 2 months...And soooo much more is still going on behind the scenes which I get to tell you about in the coming weeks and months...This really is just the beginning..
So much love and gratitude to you all, you excellent beings!
Thank you xXXXXXx Babs xXXXXXx

 
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The Bristol Cloth project showcases British heritage, preserving what this land has always offered and what British communities have done for centuries. We are set to prove that it is still commercially viable to make cloth on our shores, sustaining British tradition, culture, community, land and the economy.

Bristol Cloth is made with holistically farmed and biologically washed wool from Fernhill Farm. Naturally dyed with organic British plant dyes by Botanical Inks. And woven at the Bristol Weaving Mill, the first industrial loom to open in Bristol in 90 years.

By supporting this campaign, you can help re-create a local, resilient textile economy in the UK, offering an alternative to the unsustainable global textile production systems which have threatened traditional British cloths almost to extinction and critically damaged the health of our biosphere; Support regenerative agriculture which captures carbon from the air and locks it back into the soil whilst also replenishing soil health; Help recreate our ability to dye textiles using non-toxic plant dyes; promote biological textiles which are safe to use and put back into the earth at the end of their useful life cycle and bring artisan textile production back into our local economy.

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