![]() ![]() She unearths tales of how the unexplained deaths of silkworms in France led to the rapid militarisation of Japan how a handmade fabric in Papua New Guinea is helping to save an ancient forest why Paisley, a fabric pattern from Central Asia, is best known by the name of a Scottish town and how an insect specialist in California ended up inventing a new strain of naturally green (and pink) organic cotton (“I cried,” she said). And sometimes, why they have fought for it. In Fabric, Victoria spins readers round the globe, weaving stories of our relationship with cloth, and asking questions about how and why people through the ages have made it, worn it, invented it, and made symbols out of it. Join the BIID for a journey through colours and fabrics with acclaimed author, Victoria Finlay in conversation with interior designer Amanda Ransom. ![]()
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