The dress to the right is made from oat roots, the pattern being printed onto the soil, the seeds sown and once the roots have established themselves they are cut away to form this fabric - fascinating. All in all a wonderful experience that I heartily recommend to all who are interested in textiles.
The exhibition looks at all aspects of natural materials from the obvious cotton and wool to materials made from pineapples. There are also some gruesome exhibits when dealing with animal derivatives, the real horror being a cape made from colobus monkeys - nasty.
The exhibition is beautiful to look at, particularly the period costume downstairs, and very informative. Still quite buzzy about my visit!
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