FABRICATEUR III - ELKE BURMEISTER, DIANA WILDSCHUT & DEBORAH BARKER

Elke Burmeister runs and is the European partner for the project in Rudrapur, Northern Bangladesh. Rudrapur has become known across the architectural world for its buildings realised by humanitarian architect , the most recent of which is , which is the new home for the Dipdii Textile co-operative.

Diana Wildschut is a co-founder of , thefirst grassroots Fablab, in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, which has developed many open-source forms of digital tech to help advance citizen science and social innovation. Diana will talk about the fusion of open-source tech and natural materials and lead a workshop, applying this approach to making one-off dedicated clothing.

Deborah Barker is founder of the and a natural dyer, connecting local natural wool, farming communities and fibre makers across the Southeast. Southeast England Fibreshed is part of the flourishing international network, linking place sensitive regenerative farming with designers and makers working with natural fibres, and, in the context of the Southeast England Fibreshed, particularly sheep wool, hemp and plant dyes

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