Dirty White Gold

The Cotton Film : Dirty White Gold | Crowdfunding trailer from Leah Borromeo on Vimeo.

Please support this film on Indian cotton farmer suicides and fashion - and find out when you bag a bargain, who pays for it?
http://www.sponsume.com/project/cotton-film-dirty-white-gold

Director/Presenter: Leah Borromeo
DoP: Jim Demuth
Additional camera: Leah Borromeo
Graphics: Barnbrook
Animation: John Dretzka
Art: Peter Kennard

A Dartmouth Films / Cotton Film Company production.

Glitch Textiles by Phillip Stearns

More info:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/phillipstearns/glitch-textiles
http://yearoftheglitch.tumblr.com/

Carpets for Communities

Carpets for Communities Promotional Video from cassarnorton on Vimeo.

The IOU Project

This is such a great initiative. IOU produces beautiful mens and womens clothes and you can be sure everyone involved in the making was paid a living wage. For each item of clothing you can track it's history back to the weaver of the cloth through the website. There is videos & bios so that you can "meet" the indian weaver or the European manufactuer - removing the anonymity of the maker that we have become so accustomed to. Real people with amazing craftsmanship make our clothes and we should be mindful of the human costs next time we see that "bargain" hanging on the rack.



via http://iouproject.com

Something silly and wonderful: The art of Tim Moore

Tim Moore, Bande eccellenti del cavallo del hero, 2008.

I received this Art Nation video in my emails today from my friend John. It's about the wonderful embroidery work of Tim Moore. This has really made me happy.

To see more of Tim's work visit: http://www.helengory.com/artist.php?name=Tim%20Moore