Gallery

Growing Colour Together leaflets on a dye-splattered table

Close up of a book with fabric pages being held by a white woman

Close up of a piece of fabric wrapped around a stick, tied with and hanging from a piece of string

A wide view of St George's Square with stall set up around the edges

Laughing white woman stood next to a hanging rail of macrame. There is a banner in the background that says Darn It Workshops

Two white women and a white man in front of Huddersfield Train Station, with the rainbow yarn-bombed pillars in the background. The man is holding a blue child's dress and the woman is holding a box with colourful paper coming from the top. They are all smiling at the camera.

A woman holding a piece of card with green thread wound around it, she is working on adding more thread to it

A white woman making a rubbing of a tree trunk on paper

A small group of people standing near a dry stone wall listening to a woman who is pointing into the distance.

A white person crouching down to cut a piece of pink fabric off a large roll

A white girl with a pot of red paint, painting crosses onto a black and white panel

A large number of textile panels on a tarpaulin on the floor. They are brightly coloured or have detailed drawings in black and white

Large colourful fabric sculptures in a gallery space

A white woman standing amongst a large number of big colourful fabric sculptures in a gallery space

A South Asian girl looking up at and touching a large fabric sculpture, with other sculptures behind her

A white man sat at the edge of a lake with an embroidery hoop

A close up of a hand holding a circular object made from thread and found natural objects like leaves, grasses etc

A group of 6 people sat at the side of a lake with sketchbooks

A white man with a mask working on a screen printing frame, which has pink ink inside it.

A white woman in a black mask working on piece of fabric with a white woman in a wheelchair and with a mask on

Close up of a white hand holding a small jar with green powder inside

A leaflet advertising The Loft Space Open Studios

A loom in a studio space with lots of pictures and drawings on the walls and lots of materials and objects on shelves and tables around the space

A white older woman with purple hair working on a block on a table in front of her.

A man in a spacesuit inside an open shed, interviewing a woman sat in a chair. There is a picket fence in the foreground and audience heads can be seen in front of it.

Close up of a man in a spacesuit looking out of an open shed while a woman in a dress made from face masks talks through a microphone

A man in a space suit and a group of people in dancewear pose like dancers with a WOVEN flag in front of a blue shed and a van with UNSA on the side

Fence railings with hugging spelt out in fabric

Fence railings with Hope spelt out in fabric

Fence railings with cuddles spelt out in fabric

A tall thin stone building on the corner of a street with a garden at the front containing large colourful fabric structures in circles and ovals

Two white women with champagne glasses standing in a garden with colourful fabric structures in circles and ovals

Group of young people sat on a wall in front of colourful fabric structures in circles and ovals

Close up of a colourful patterned quilt

White woman in a pink t-shirt smiling and using a sewing machine

Large quilt with colourful geometric patterns hanging on a wall

Patterned fabric panels on wire mesh upright structures

Patterned fabric hangings on a white wall

Patterned fabric hangings on a white wall

A white man in a mask using a machine a bit like a drill on a piece of hanging fabric in front of him

A young white girl with a yellow hat on standing underneath and touching a white and blue fabric structure

A small child stretching up to touch a suspended fabric structure, a bit like a rug

Fabric hanging depicting a colourful train tied to railings above a stone wall

Knitted rainbow window panels at Batley Train station exterior, with 5 people standing in front. Two are wearing Friends of Batley Train Station t-shirts

Rainbow patterned banners on window arches at Batley train station

Two people working on a crocheted blanket laid out in a garden

One person kneeling to work on a knitted/crocheted blanket laid on on the grass in a garden

Two white women seating on grass sewing knitted squares together

Close up of a white woman's hands working on a piece of red woollen fabric

Single blue knitted flower on a stick (stalk) with blurred knitted flowers in pinks and oranges behind

Close up of a fabric panel pegged to a washing line outside that says "What's Your Hope? Take a blank flag, Write it, decorate it, bring it back. Hang up your hope."

Close up of blue crocheted flowers strung on a thread like bunting

Sheep statue outside with rainbow coloured coat. Houses and a pub in the background

Close up of crocheted flowers on oranges, yellows, blues and greens

Front of Huddersfield Train Station showing the knitted rainbow decoration on the pillars

Front of Huddersfield Train Station showing the knitted rainbow decoration on the pillars and a crowd of people in St George's Square looking at it

Front of Huddersfield Train Station in the background showing the knitted rainbow decoration on the pillars with a statue in the foreground wearing a knitted WOVEN2021 scarf

Woven into Song choir and Boliyan singers from back of church

Woven into Song choir and Boliyan singers

Close up of two boliyan singers at Woven Into Song performance

Creative Craft Centre staff in Dewsbury

Hardeep Sahota and other bhangra dancers

Brightly coloured flags outside Dewsbury Town Hall

Staff at The African Fabric Shop

Stock in the African Fabric Shop

Stock in the African Fabric Shop

Artwork at Temporary Contemporary

Artwork at Temporary Contemporary

Weave us a Story display at Huddersfield Market

Science and Innovation Spectacular event hosts

Nat and Alison (WOVEN curators) getting the crowd's attention at Huddersfield University

Students wearing their costumes

Parik Goswami talks to students as part of Science and Innovation Spectacular

Andrew Hewitt talking to visitors to Technical Textiles lab

Participant at embroidery workshop- hands and embroidery hoop only

Close up of woman with long dark hair

Close up of Hashtag Authentic book

Talk at Parlour for WOVEN 2019

Fabric sculpture on plinth

Fabric sculpture on plinth

Framed fabric picture

Person in yellow coat sketching on moors

Hands sketching in book outside

Statue of Harold Wilson wearing an oversized scarf

A group tour the factory at Camira

Machinery at Camria

Machinery at Camria

People knitting in a train carriage

Participants on the knit and natter train holding their length of bunting

Knit and Natter train participants

Smiling boy with a glue stick

Two children making a tissue paper structure on a table

Fashion design drawings

Knitted banner hanging on a railing

Purple, green and white knitted spirals hanging from a railing

Knitted octopus hanging from railing

Knitted mushroom in a hand

Knitted fairy in grass

Knitted duck in grass

Denby Dale train station fabric sign

Fabric disc hanging in tree

Yarn bombed bike

Artist Connor Shields with pom poms in background

Pom poms hung on buildings in Batley

Long blue scarf flowing down outdoor steps

Hand with tool pulling thread through hessian fabric

Felted robins on a block

Close up of hands sewing into felt

Child wearing a paper mask and bird costume

Child wearing a paper mache mask

Scissors and a cut out face on a pile of card

Three women looking at books on a table

A women in front of a display board

Gloved hand showing a crowd of people a knitted item

Made Beautifully Here makers market

Stallholder with bolts of cloth at indoor market.

Made Beautifully Here makers market

Demonstrator at Colne Valley museum

Demonstrator at Colne Valley museum

Demonstrator at Colne Valley museum

Clare Barber, talk host

Clare Hunter, author

Threads of Life book

Pile of cloth at Dugdale Bros and Co

Dugdale Bros and Co building sign

Rob Charnock from Dugdale Bros and Co

Brass instruments being played by men in flamboyant shirts

Woman with henna patterned hands knitting with t-shirt yarn

Hardeep and bhangra dancers jumping in front of colourful flags

Close up hands knitting

WOVEN launch event

Alison's (WOVEN curator) speech at launch event

WOVEN NEWS

Graphic with the word POWER

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A large, diverse group of people with their hands held out surrounding a dress made of calico fabric on a tailors dummy

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A close up of the back of a corseted dress being tied by hands

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