Shed & Heddle
Collaboration with
Eva Klee
Strijdom Landschapsbeheer New Order of Fashion LAB
Weverijmuseum Geldrop
Supported by Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
2023
Shed & Heddle is a project by designer Pollyanna Moss and weaver Eva Klee that exposes knowledge about weaving with wool in the North Brabant region. Starting with the sheepfold and ending with a 100% wool blanket, Moss and Klee together explore how local wool can be repurposed in yarn spinning and weaving facilities present in textile laboratories and weaving workshops in the region.
The project takes place at three locations: the sheep stable on the Strabrechtse Heide in Heeze, the New Order of Fashion Textile Lab in Eindhoven and the Weverijmuseum in Geldrop. Over a period of nine months, Moss and Klee will work at these locations on their research into weaving with wool from sheep to loom. Within the process of making a blanket, they conduct a case study of small-scale production.
Shed & Heddle rescues wool that would otherwise be wasted, to be reintroduced into the loom. By applying fiber processing and weaving capabilities from semi-mechanized, existing textile laboratories, the duo creates a range of blankets. The result is a material research that studies the value of local wool using various techniques
and combinations.
The project takes place at three locations: the sheep stable on the Strabrechtse Heide in Heeze, the New Order of Fashion Textile Lab in Eindhoven and the Weverijmuseum in Geldrop. Over a period of nine months, Moss and Klee will work at these locations on their research into weaving with wool from sheep to loom. Within the process of making a blanket, they conduct a case study of small-scale production.
Shed & Heddle rescues wool that would otherwise be wasted, to be reintroduced into the loom. By applying fiber processing and weaving capabilities from semi-mechanized, existing textile laboratories, the duo creates a range of blankets. The result is a material research that studies the value of local wool using various techniques
and combinations.
Past Updates
Wool Weaving Days at the Weverijmuseum
If you would like to experience the weaving process of how we are making blankets from local wool, then the Wool Weaving Days at the Weverijmuseum is your chance!
During the Wool Weaving Days Eva Klee and I will present the collaboration with the weavers at the Weverijmuseum by showing the transformation from sheep to blanket! We will demonstrate how we operate the loom together with experienced weaver Leo Pennings as well as share what we have learnt during our time working within the weaving station at the museum.
Visitors are welcome on the 7, 8, 9 of December from 13:00-16:00. Drop an email to pollyannamoss@gmail.com to let us know which day you would like to visit. I hope to see you then!
Regeneration: Fashion from the Ground Up
Want to learn more about spinning with wool? Shed & Heddle is participaing in DDW 2023 as part of the exhibtion Regeneration: Fashion from the Ground Up program Activations.
Pollyanna will be showing the spinning process using the HILO E-Spinner and E-Sliver at the New Order of Fashion Lab, Eindoven on the 21st and 22nd of October.
Get more information about the exhibtion here