Current funded projects
Arts and Humanities Reseach Council- Design Accelerator: design the green transition. Jan to August 2024.
Project title: Bespoke Clothing for children and young people with special sensory needs.
Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP), University of Southampton - October 23 to April 24.
Project title: Measuring the environmental impact of cultural and creative sector authentic assessment
Books
Sustainability and the Social Fabric: Europe's new textile industries, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017
This co-authored book takes a case study approach to exemplify how the synergy between textile companies and their skilled communities can renew models of economic growth, design innovation and social cohesion. VIEW
Bloomsbury Academic link
Chapters in books
Cultures of origin, economies of emotion and the portability of textile heritage in Trade and Industry: Global Circulation of Local Manufacture, and the Migration and Consumption of Textile Products, both Historically and Contemporaneously. Volume 6. Bloomsbury Encyclopaedia of World Textiles (Forthcoming in 2024). VIEW
Twists, Knots, Holes: collecting, the gaze and knitting the impossible. In the Loop: Knitting Now, Black Dog Publishing, 2010. VIEW
Testing orthodoxy: collecting, the gaze, knitting the impossible (extended essay). Textiles Reader, BERG, 2011 VIEW
Journal articles
Faliero Sarti: reclaiming social heritage and artisan know-how for a glocal market. Making Futures V, Crafting a sustainable modernity. Accepted 20 July 2017. In press.
Modern Alchemy: collaboration and the value of social capital. Craft Research, Volume 6.1, Intellect Books, 2015. VIEW
Fragile Communities and Craft Practices: a European Perspective. Making Futures: Interfaces between craft knowledge and design: new opportunities for social innovation and sustainable practice. Vol 3. 2014. ISSN 2042-1664 VIEW
Refereed Conference Papers
Fragile Communities and craft practices: a european perspective. Making Futures, Plymouth College of Art, 26-27 September 2013. VIEW WEB
From knitting samples to public policy: a case study in interconnectivity. In the Loop 3.5, Shetland International Textile Festival, Lerwick, 31 July 2013. VIEW WEB
Teixidors: a case study of responsible design and industry. Textile Research in Process, Loughborough University, November 2011. VIEW WEB
Below - Excerpt from Teixidors presentation at Textile Research in Process: Slideshare
Selected Exhibition Catalogues
Quilting Point, Quilts 1700-2010, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2010 VIEW
Textile Transporter, arttransponder gallery, Berlin 2007 VIEW WEB
Jerwood Applied Arts Prize: Textiles, 2002 VIEW
EU projects: publications and sites
2012-2014: Research Fellow, Plustex project, Interreg IVC, University of Southampton
EurotexID Project Academic project leader for Winchester School of Art, 2008-2010
EurotexID project publication and catalogue : 2010 VIEW
Student/ Designer session with museum staff, Terrassa Textile Museum, Spain