International Mindedness - Textile Arts - Meghan Leeburn

Meghan Leeburn

Visual Arts- Textile Arts Unit

There are a variety of techniques that could be taught including weaving, dyeing, resist dyeing, block printing, embroidery, knitting, crocheting and quilting. All of which have their own sociocultural histories to explore.

This could connect with contemporary issues about the working conditions of textile industry workers in other parts of the world (such as the recent factory collapse in Bangladesh). There are also connections to be made regarding child slavery, environmental concerns (textiles are one of the largest polluting industries) as well as thinking about our own problematic consumption of "fast fashion".