Fibre Frequencies: Spinning Fashion Back to Land

In this workshop participants will:

• Work directly with a range of fibres used in the fashion industry to explore their structure, tactility and behaviour through guided sensory prompts. Participants will map each fibre back to its origin.
• Have a go at spinning fibres into yarn using a drop spindle.

This simple, ancient technology reveals how land, time and human skill become fibres of knowledge that spin our collective histories together.The act of spinning becomes both embodied learning and a reflection on our relationship to land and material extraction.

Participants leave with a physical sample of spun fibre and a collective understanding of how fibres can connect us to land and each other.

This session is run by Billie Coxhead, a Materials Librarian at London College of Fashion and Central Saint Martins. Billie specialises in object-based learning, and making material curiosity and literacy accessible to all through hands-on, tactile engagement.

It will take place from 1-2:30pm in London College of Fashion, in the LCF library heartspace (Floor 2, East Bank). This session is organised as part of , the University of the Arts London's Earth Week programme for 2026.

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