The Nettle Dress Film Screening & Panel Discussion Hosted By Abigail Wastie

Watch award winning film The Nettle Dress.

Saturday 2 May

Wilmot Street Community Centre, 16 Wilmot St, Heanor, DE75 7EF

Timings:

2.30pm: Doors Open

3pm-4.15pm: Film screening

4.15pm-4.45: Panel Discussion: Heritage, craft & fibre

Future Fibres – Is fibre’s future rooted in its past?

Join us for an afternoon celebrating ancient threads, hand crafts, gentle stories and powerful conversations about the past, present and possible futures of natural fibres here in Derbyshire.

Film Screening

Watch award winning film The Nettle Dress, following the inspiring story of Allan Brown who spent seven years foraging, spinning, weaving, cutting and sewing cloth for a dress made entirely from locally foraged stinging nettles.

Panel Discussion Hosted By Abigail Wastie

Hear from local growers, farmers, makers and businesses navigating the opportunities and challenges of working with natural fibres including Derbyshire wool and Riddings flax. Then get hands-on with local makers sharing skills to create handmade threads from animal and plant fibres.

This discussion will focus on:Heritage, craft & fibre

Created by Abigail Wastie and Amanda Haran in collaboration with Make/Shift

An earlier screening and panel discussion will take place from 7pm-9pm the discusion will focus on: Is there a future for natural fibres in our wardrobe?

If you would like to attend the later booking please book here

To find out more contact: hello@wearemakeshift.uk