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Sarah Elwick

@SarahElwick

Textile designer working with upcycling, waste materials, and #visiblemending 🪡🧶 Senior Lecturer in Textiles and Business studies at @uniofbrighton 👩🏻‍💻

 Brighton, England
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Joined March 2010
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Ed Finch@MrEFinch12 Dec 2024
At some point in the next two or three weeks, you're going to need a child/family friendly Christmas Quiz for a class party or family get together. I made this one a few years ago - people tell me it works from About Yr 4 upwards - right up to adults. Link on first comment
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Shame on the @iocmedia for allowing women to be beaten up by men as a sport. RT if you agree #ShameOnTheIOC
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Klangphonics is a three-piece techno band from Regensburg, Germany, incorporating the sound of a sewing machine
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Calling all parents of children aged 5 to 13!🚨 Our colleagues at the Bristol Cognitive Development Centre are conducting an online research study on self-regulation. Click here to find out more: bristolexppsych.eu.qualtrics… #DevelopmentalResearch #ResearchOpportunity #OnlineStudy
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And the second recipe from The Gingerbread Book by @Helenagarciafp is the beauteous Gingerbread Present Brownies! nigella.com/recipes/guests/g…
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509 Arts@509Arts31 Oct 2023
🎨🪡 Call for Textile Artists! 🌟Are you a textile artist looking for an exciting commission opportunity? 509arts & @bcbradio invite you to join us in creating an interpretive artwork for Lost Mills and Ghost Mansions. Head here ---> 509arts.co.uk/project/textil…
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Sarah Elwick retweeted
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Wendy Ward@thatwendyward1 Sep 2023
Looking forward to giving a short talk about my research on Monday (complete with interactive element 😀) It's online and only a fiver, sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-this…
“What? This Old Thing?!” - the secret lives of clothes with Wendy Ward

“What? This Old Thing?!” - the secret lives of clothes with Wendy Ward

Author and sustainable fashion expert Wendy Ward reimagines our creative and intimate relationships with our clothes

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Home Birds WI - Online! (@homebirdswi) profile pictureHome Birds WI - Online!@homebirdswi19 Aug 2023
New event to hit your calendars! “What? This old thing?!” With sewist, author, and sustainable fashion advocate @thatwendyward 👉 Get cher tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-this… #sustainablefashion #sewing
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Cargo Pants 4Eva! #GBSB #GBSB2023 #GreatBritishSewingBee #SewingBee @sewingbee #sewing #sewists #sewcialists
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"A rapid reduction in fossil fuels, essential to avoid devastating climate breakdown, would have minimal financial impact on the vast majority of people, new research has shown." theguardian.com/environment/…
Loss of fossil fuel assets would not impoverish general public, study finds

Loss of fossil fuel assets would not impoverish general public, study finds

Research allays fears that rapid scaling back of production would hit people’s savings and pensions hard

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This clothing collection features various patterns developed by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms which protects the wearer's biometric data without the need to cover their face. dezeen.com/2023/02/07/cap_ab…
Cap_able blocks facial recognition software with knitted clothing

Cap_able blocks facial recognition software with knitted clothing

Cap_able has launched a collection of knitted clothing that protects the wearer's biometric data without the need to cover their face.

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This is what 30 years of greed, profiteering and regulatory incompetence looks like. "Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges." theguardian.com/environment/…
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out

No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out

Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges

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I ran one of these workshops last night for @Girlguiding - after hours we had SPARKS to ourselves for a full explore, fashion show with a difference and sewing activity. Schools and youth groups VERY welcome @scouts @GlobalGoalsCtre @UWE_Education
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Sparks Bristol (@Sparks_bristol) profile pictureSparks Bristol@Sparks_bristol16 Jun 2023
✨ Calling all teachers! ✨ Are you looking for a school workshop with a difference? Check out our FREE #FieldToFashion workshop with @GlobalGoalsCtre all about #FastFashion 👕 Find out more: buff.ly/3NxyN6R #educators #teachers #bristolteachers #bristoleducators
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Sarah Ward Poleszny weaves around found pieces of brick, tile & slate. instagram.com/larkandbower
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✨Prize Draw time ✨ Thanks to Santander Universities, all students, including part-time, full-time, undergrads and postgrads, can enter. Enter before 12th May here: ow.ly/3rCy50OkkyO
'Win a MacBook Air, 10 to be one, students enter by 12th May, even if you don't bank with Santander!'

ALT 'Win a MacBook Air, 10 to be one, students enter by 12th May, even if you don't bank with Santander!'

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The 3rd edition of Textile Intersections conference will take place between 20-23 of September 2023. The call for papers can be found here: textile-intersections.com/ca…. The deadline for the full papers submission is 5th of June 2023.
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Digga D - Energy (Crisis) 💡🙆🏽 And yes, the audio of that politician is real.
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Refugees would always be welcome in my house, Tories fucking wouldn’t. No human is illegal. Refugees welcome.
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Join the #FashionFictions #MaterialMindfulness challenge - starting one month from today! Engaging thoughtfully with what we already own is a powerful and accessible way of challenging the consumerist fashion system. More info/sign up for email reminders: fashionfictions.org/2022/11/…
Close-up of striped fabric with text ‘Join the #MaterialMindfulness challenge. Look closely, care deeply. Share a close-up of your clothes every day, 12-26 January 2023. #FashionFictions’

ALT Close-up of striped fabric with text ‘Join the #MaterialMindfulness challenge. Look closely, care deeply. Share a close-up of your clothes every day, 12-26 January 2023. #FashionFictions’

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Everyone should have a side project that earns $150+ per day. Here are 4 simple examples that might help:
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NEW: My guide to the 12 things everyone needs to know about the energy price cap hike... Includes - how much will your bill rise calc - will it rise again? - standing charge - should you fix? - where to get help if you're struggling moneysavingexpert.com/latest… Feel free to share
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