ALL THE LATEST NEWS, VIEWS AND STORIES FROM AROUND YOUR LOCAL AREA:FEBRUARY/MARCH PERCY HOUSE GALLERY
Revolution DID YOU KNOW THAT?
Slow Style
It takes 200 gallons of water to make one pair of jeans and 2,720 litres of water to make a T-shirt: that’s how much we normally drink over a 3-year period.
New for 2018
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New for 2018, are the oil paintings by William H. Jones. Based in Cumbria, William ran his own gallery in Kirkby Lonsdale for 14 years but has now decided to concentrate on painting full time.
Inspired by the beautiful scenery, William has an established reputation for his work.
Textiles involve wasteful processes, we know this, yet despite this knowledge, the clothes we discard in one year in the UK alone would fill Wembley Stadium. I still love clothes but as I get older, I lean more towards second-hand and good quality, opting for longevity/upcycling or making my own.
The average British woman in one year hoards approx. £285 of clothes she will never wear, the equivalent of 22 outfits. This amounts to £30 billion of unworn clothes, shocking figures which can be avoided if you chose great fibres and styles for longevity and shop more carefully for fewer quality items. You would wear all your clothing, if you followed my 6 Cs shopping mantra. Colour, Cut, Cloth, Cost, Character and Correct size.
John Calver has brought in a new selection of his beautiful stoneware ceramics (pictured above).
His forms are dynamically altered while the clay is soft with wire-cut handles and textured feet added.
After biscuit firing, the pots are glazed by pouring overlapping layers of up to six glazes on any one piece.
Lots of lovely new toiletries, bags and scarves just in. Main Picture: Black Beck, Buttermere by William H. Jones
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In order to make the fashion industry more sustainable, first it needs to be transparent. Approximately 75 million people work to make our clothes, most of them 18 to 35 year old women. The people who make clothes for the global market generally live on the breadline, unable to afford life’s basic necessities. We only need to recall the massive 2013 disaster when the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Bangladesh, the fourth largest industrial disaster in history where 1,138 people died and another 2,500 were injured, mostly women.
A recent step to transform the industry has started with one question: Who made my clothes? One way to get involved is by taking a photograph of your clothing label during Fashion Revolution Week 23rd – 29th April and by asking the brand #whomademyclothes? Tag the brand in the photograph so they can see your question.
See Instagram posts for the ‘Fashion Revolution’ or say that you made it yourself by getting creative.
As part of the BBC #Get Creative event, I am hosting a few community workshops; incorporating embroidery, dressmaking and some basic knitting to encourage a Creative Style Revolution. Have fun and inspire many people to upcycle their old favourite pieces and consider other ways of buying and experiencing textiles, refreshing your wardrobe in creative ways. A series of events will take place on 19th and 20th March at the Aspatria Dreamscheme see
https://mtedgar.wordpress.com/events/.
Illustration: Maggi Toner-Edgar To book a space contact 07773 158 941 Maggi Toner-Edgar
LORTON & DERWENT FELLS LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY The Great War – Ambleside’s Story
Talk by Judith Shingler, Thursday 8th March. Yew Tree Hall, High Lorton, 7.30pm. Guests £3.00 to include refreshments
An insight into the impact of WWI on Ambleside including audio extracts from interviews by the Oral History Group and photographs from various sources
Judith Shingler and Allison Peak work with the Ambleside Oral History Group (
www.aohg.org.uk) that was formed over 40 years ago. It now has over 450 local interviews recording memories dating back to the turn of the 20th century
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