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Unweaving and Reweaving the Commons

By  Emily Joy 2024

Collaborative, participatory work.

Visitors were invited to unweave a large fabric print of the local grassland commons, echoing the path erosion and ecological and biodiversity loss. Participants were then invited to reweave the pulled threads, creating a new, collaborative cloth.

Made in collaboration with Nicola Builder, Saori Weaver (Wayward Weaves) and Deborah Roberts, conservationist 

fabric, wood, weaving loom, thread

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Untethered (film still)

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