The eagle-eyed will already have spotted a flax patch growing this year in our Physic Garden. Flax is the plant from which fibres can be extracted to process into linen, using methods known for generations in Scotland, and throughout the world. But what relevance today for this ancient fibre crop?
This Flax Futures exhibition explores the exceptional potential of flax fibre across well-being, community, future heritage, biodiversity, textile production and material innovation.
Curator John Ennis hopes to encourage attendees to move beyond ideas of sustainability towards regenerative design, walking more lightly on the earth, engaging in issues of local resilience and climate change. John will be on hand to offer a series of Flax Chats with special guests throughout the programme: full details on the Journeys in Design Eventbrite channel.