Rag Manifesto: Making, folklore and community

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Rag Manifesto is a unique, artist’s view of the traditional art of rag rug making for this age of the Anthropocene. Projects highlight a reverence for our lost textiles, a response to the environmental impact of fast fashion and a proof that rag is a rich resource, wrongly classed as a taboo material. Rachael Matthews gives us permission to cut up our old fabrics offering a support structure for decision making and a chart on how to make liberating decisions about destroying a garment  – be it ‘Worn Out Emotional’, or ‘Brand New and Guilty’ – and how our actions can develop community as well as our own self-esteem.

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Product Description

Publisher: Quickthorn Books
Paperback
112 pages
170mm x 240mm
colour

Author Details

Rachael Matthews
Rachael Matthews is a textiles artist and writer. She has published three books about knitting and crochet. Rachael’s art often takes the form of knitted objects, through which she aims to shift people’s perceptions of textiles. Until 2016 she co-ran the knitting shop/art space Prick Your Finger. Rachael teaches at Central St. Martins. She is from the Lake District and maintains close links with the region. She currently lives and works in London.

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