(1/2) Due to overwhelming interest, #Colour4CRAFTS & the Textile Institute have extended the deadline for the International Student Textile Design Competition, “Colour for Tomorrow” to 10.12.2025. Updated submission info & timetable on #Colour4CRAFTS website: colour4crafts.eu/2025/03/28/s....
(1/3) Excited to launch #Colour4CRAFTS “Nature’s Cornucopia” digital exhibition, feat contributions from AO Textiles, Eirini Boukla, Elizabeth Edward, & team members debthedyer.bsky.social, Muriel Rigout, @bintantitisari, & more. View exhibition here: colour4crafts.eu/natures-corn....
(1/3) #Colour4CRAFTS & the Textile Institute are excited to launch the International Student Textile Design Competition, “Colour for Tomorrow”. Competition seeks imaginative and innovatively creative textile designs focusing on & using natural colourants. Submission deadline: 30.11.2025…
(1/3) Members of the #Colour4CRAFTS team from helsinki.fi participated in the Turku Night of Arts (Turun Taiteiden yö) on 14.08.2025 & contributed materials to the exhibition stand sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry - Finland local section. Prof. Riikka Räisänen, Juuso Laitila…
(1/2) New podcast episode & blog post out now. Episode feat Ana Nuuntinen & Laura Seppälä on futures studies, futures research & the futures cone. The episode & blog post can be found at colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagem.... Image: Members of #Colour4CRAFTS team mindmapping. Photo by Ana Nuutinen.
(2/3) ...on natural colourants. Article is available in open access via #Colour4CRAFTS website: colour4crafts.eu/menu/exhibit.... Image: Bintan Titisari presenting the preliminary research of the article at the 2024 BioColour conference in Helsinki. Photo by Ana Nuutinen.
(2/3)...Bark Before Dyeing”) & 2nd led by Krista Wright (“From Bark to Dye – Ethnographic Black & Grey Alder Recipes from Finland & Estonia”). In open access via #Colour4CRAFTS website: colour4crafts.eu/menu/exhibit.... Image: Alder buckthorn trees in May; leaves & berries of alder buckthorn in...
(2/3) & 2nd led by Krista Wright (“From Bark to Dye – Ethnographic Black & Grey Alder Recipes from Finland & Estonia”). In open access via #Colour4CRAFTS website: colour4crafts.eu/menu/exhibit.... Image: Alder buckthorn trees in May; leaves & berries of alder buckthorn in July. Photo by Liis Luhamaa
(2/3)...led by Krista Wright (“From Bark to Dye – Ethnographic Black & Grey Alder Recipes from Finland & Estonia”). In open access via #Colour4CRAFTS website: colour4crafts.eu/menu/exhibit.... Image: Alder buckthorn trees in May; leaves & berries of alder buckthorn in July. Photo by Liis Luhamaa.
(1/3) #Colour4CRAFTS is excited to host alchemy workshop on 18.07.2025 led by Ana Nuutinen, Laura Seppälä, Päivi Fernstrom, & Riikka Räisänen. Held in-person at Alkio-opisto in Korpilahti, FI. More info or to register, visit: www.varjarikilta.fi/varjaripaivat/.
(1/5) A 🧵: Happy New Year everyone! Excited abt 2025 & also reflecting on @Colour4CRAFTS 2024 highlights, which we will share this week. In 2024 #Colour4CRAFTS has: published 5 publications; delivered 14 papers/lectures; produced 12 conf. posters; provided 4 courses; 2 BA & 1 MA completions; ...
(1/3) Just in time for the holidays! 2 new blog posts & podcast ep. uploaded, feat. 2 #Colour4CRAFTS PhD researchers: Laura Virta (Imagining textile colour futures) & Saara Tahvanainen (Wonderful world of bio-based colorants through the eyes of a craft scientist) via colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagem...
(1/4) Welcome to the #Colour4CRAFTS BlueSky profile! We look forward to connecting with new followers, researchers, craft enthusiasts, and more. Colour4CRAFTS (Colour for Combining, Re-engineering, Applying, Futuring, Transforming, Stretching) is a research consortium of 6 institutions, funded by...
Anyone interested in material culture, textile & craft skills history & historical fashion might be interested in #Colour4CRAFTS new blog & podcast that was just launched!
Details abt the blog & podcast, including 1st blog post by yours truly, can be found here: colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagem...
