Haptic & Hue Podcast
1) The Mysteries of the Marshes: The Ancient Textile Secrets of Europe's Bog Bodies
If we need proof that textiles can rewrite human history, then it lies with the bog bodies of northern Europe. Textile archaeologists are revealing a whole new past about people who, in some cases, ar...Show More
2) Reviving Rocking Stitch and Saving Wholecloth Quilting
Here's a surprise! An extra episode of Haptic & Hue. We said we were taking a break for July and August and yes, we are. But we thought we would give you a taste of what Friends of Haptic & Hue sounds...Show More
3) The Witches of Scotland: How a New Tartan Became a Living Memorial
A very special tartan has just started to roll off the weaving looms of the Prickly Thistle Mill in the north of Scotland. This brand-new design in black, pink, red, and grey is part of a powerful cam...Show More
4) Textile Waste and the Catastrophe at Kantamanto
Early this year there was a catastrophic fire at the world’s biggest market for selling and upcycling second-hand clothes. Kantamanto market, in Ghana’s capital Accra, was accidently set alight, and m...Show More
5) Coupons For Clothes: A Wartime Idea Made New?
Creativity and invention aren’t words often associated with hardship and suffering, but in the Second World War women in America and Britain faced with clothes rationing rose to the challenge in many ...Show More
6) Pleats Please: the Story of the World's Oldest Fashion Technique
There’s a fashion technique that’s been in continuous use for over five thousand years – proof, if proof is needed, that there is nothing new in fashion. We have tunics that survive from the time of t...Show More
7) The Quilts That Hold the Heart of Hawaii
What happens when one of the most traditional museums in the world revolutionises the way it presents the story of the past? Â The answer is not only a riot of craft and colour, but a reminder of the c...Show More
8) Tapestries For Troubled Times
Tapestries for Troubled Times  The stitches of the Bayeux Tapestry fix the story of the Norman Conquest of England in our imaginations in an extraordinarily charismatic way. But nearly a thousand yea...Show More
9) Plain Sailing: The Cloth That Turned The Tide of History
A coarse, plain cloth has a greater claim to being the most important textile in history than any sumptuous silk brocade or royal robe. Sailcloth is the fabric that has made it possible for humanity t...Show More
10) Flax is Back! The Great Linen Revival
There is a global flax revival underway. In the great linen belt of North Western Europe, the land under cultivation has more than doubled in a decade and linen production is steadily increasing world...Show More