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Our latest printed collaboration ‘Sacred Plants Vol.5’ will launch at this year’s Offprint London — a gathering of artists, archives, and independent publishers at Tate Modern.

“Vol. 5 considers the integral relationship between humans and plants through the lens of textile history. In collaboration with Lore Archive, it presents a photographic and written journey into the significance of plant based fabrics and the stories they carry” - Sacred Plants

For Lore Archive, the ’Sacred Plants’ collaboration is the first chapter in a deeper process of material exploration called ‘Unpacking the Collection’ — a project that explores specific materials through research, embodied engagement, and visual storytelling — beginning with surface knowledge such as cut, silhouette, embellishment and weave and using it as a point of entry to explore the deeper cultural, emotional, and ecological meanings held within the material.

Offprint London
16-18 May, 2025
Tate Modern, Turbine Hall
London, SE1 9TG

@sacredplants_

@nativebooks

@offprint_projects


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Our latest printed collaboration ‘Sacred Plants Vol.5’ will launch at this year’s Offprint London — a gathering of artists, archives, and independent publishers at Tate Modern.

“Vol. 5 considers the integral relationship between humans and plants through the lens of textile history. In collaboration with Lore Archive, it presents a photographic and written journey into the significance of plant based fabrics and the stories they carry” - Sacred Plants

For Lore Archive, the ’Sacred Plants’ collaboration is the first chapter in a deeper process of material exploration called ‘Unpacking the Collection’ — a project that explores specific materials through research, embodied engagement, and visual storytelling — beginning with surface knowledge such as cut, silhouette, embellishment and weave and using it as a point of entry to explore the deeper cultural, emotional, and ecological meanings held within the material.

Offprint London
16-18 May, 2025
Tate Modern, Turbine Hall
London, SE1 9TG

@sacredplants_

@nativebooks

@offprint_projects


229
7
1 years ago

Our latest printed collaboration ‘Sacred Plants Vol.5’ will launch at this year’s Offprint London — a gathering of artists, archives, and independent publishers at Tate Modern.

“Vol. 5 considers the integral relationship between humans and plants through the lens of textile history. In collaboration with Lore Archive, it presents a photographic and written journey into the significance of plant based fabrics and the stories they carry” - Sacred Plants

For Lore Archive, the ’Sacred Plants’ collaboration is the first chapter in a deeper process of material exploration called ‘Unpacking the Collection’ — a project that explores specific materials through research, embodied engagement, and visual storytelling — beginning with surface knowledge such as cut, silhouette, embellishment and weave and using it as a point of entry to explore the deeper cultural, emotional, and ecological meanings held within the material.

Offprint London
16-18 May, 2025
Tate Modern, Turbine Hall
London, SE1 9TG

@sacredplants_

@nativebooks

@offprint_projects


229
7
1 years ago

Our latest printed collaboration ‘Sacred Plants Vol.5’ will launch at this year’s Offprint London — a gathering of artists, archives, and independent publishers at Tate Modern.

“Vol. 5 considers the integral relationship between humans and plants through the lens of textile history. In collaboration with Lore Archive, it presents a photographic and written journey into the significance of plant based fabrics and the stories they carry” - Sacred Plants

For Lore Archive, the ’Sacred Plants’ collaboration is the first chapter in a deeper process of material exploration called ‘Unpacking the Collection’ — a project that explores specific materials through research, embodied engagement, and visual storytelling — beginning with surface knowledge such as cut, silhouette, embellishment and weave and using it as a point of entry to explore the deeper cultural, emotional, and ecological meanings held within the material.

Offprint London
16-18 May, 2025
Tate Modern, Turbine Hall
London, SE1 9TG

@sacredplants_

@nativebooks

@offprint_projects


229
7
1 years ago

Newspaper Print Version of Lore Archive Journal 002 now available - £25 plus postage

DM for payment link


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9
1 years ago

Newspaper Print Version of Lore Archive Journal 002 now available - £25 plus postage

DM for payment link


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9
1 years ago

Newspaper Print Version of Lore Archive Journal 002 now available - £25 plus postage

DM for payment link


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9
1 years ago

Newspaper Print Version of Lore Archive Journal 002 now available - £25 plus postage

DM for payment link


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9
1 years ago


Another shot from the shoot with @pafillaire @some.lovely.filth#japaneseraincoat #hungarianlandownershat


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5 years ago

Hackney Arts WeekASSEMBLY
An exhibition: Collaging found, discarded or collected objects.
 
 
ASSEMBLY brings together three artists who explore the art of assemblage, collaging new forms from everyday, found, discarded, or collected materials. Each artist creates works where these elements are reconfigured, forming new material conversations and meanings through their juxtaposition.

Emily Tracy layers found images and objects to trace fragile ecologies shaped by human presence. Sophie Turner activates garments and artifacts as living carriers of narrative, inviting reinterpretation through time and touch. Amanda Benson’s sculptures emphasize process and construction, revealing how materials meet, balance, and transform through her hand.

At the heart of ASSEMBLY is an open invitation to create. Visitors are encouraged to make their own assemblages from a pile of discarded objects at the exhibition.

Clapton Commons
1 Clapton Terrace,
London E5 9BW
 
Opening Thursday 4th June 6-8pm
 
Exhibition open 5th - 6th June
 
Friday 12-4pm
 
Saturday 6th June 10-6pm
3pm – 5pm Clare Qualman Walking Scores
depart 3pm and arrive back at Clapton Commons.
 @emilytracyartist @amandabensonstudio @_lorearchive @clarequalmann
#HackneyArtsWeek
#AssemblageExhibition
#CollagingObjects
#FoundMaterialsArt
#EverydayMaterials
#CreativeCollaging
#discardedobjectsart


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8 hours ago

Introducing Lore Archive, featuring at TEXTUS POETICS 2: What’s.The.Reference? — a unique fashion-poetry performance night as part of Alternative Fashion Week at @referencepoint180

Lore Archive is an artist-led material culture archive founded and run by Sophie Turner.  Made up of historical garments, objects and artefacts, the archive works on multidisciplinary research projects at the intersection of art and design as well as collaborations with other creative practitioners to keep reinterpreting and telling new stories with this material. @_lorearchive

View objects from the archive and hear Molly Emma @mollyemmaaa and Phoenix Yemi @phoenixyemoja read poems inspired by them, alongside readings from @mijoda.dajomi @lottie_mccrindell @stuart__mckenzie @troycabida

Set within the REFERENCE.POINT library, references from the collection and beyond will be projected behind each reader as they trace how fashion and material culture have inspired their poetry.

Thursday 19 February/ TONIGHT

7PM doors
7:30–9PM performance
9–11PM DJ set @lanamawlood

Book tickets via Eventbrite - link in @textus.network bio


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2
3 months ago

Introducing Lore Archive, featuring at TEXTUS POETICS 2: What’s.The.Reference? — a unique fashion-poetry performance night as part of Alternative Fashion Week at @referencepoint180

Lore Archive is an artist-led material culture archive founded and run by Sophie Turner.  Made up of historical garments, objects and artefacts, the archive works on multidisciplinary research projects at the intersection of art and design as well as collaborations with other creative practitioners to keep reinterpreting and telling new stories with this material. @_lorearchive

View objects from the archive and hear Molly Emma @mollyemmaaa and Phoenix Yemi @phoenixyemoja read poems inspired by them, alongside readings from @mijoda.dajomi @lottie_mccrindell @stuart__mckenzie @troycabida

Set within the REFERENCE.POINT library, references from the collection and beyond will be projected behind each reader as they trace how fashion and material culture have inspired their poetry.

Thursday 19 February/ TONIGHT

7PM doors
7:30–9PM performance
9–11PM DJ set @lanamawlood

Book tickets via Eventbrite - link in @textus.network bio


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2
3 months ago

Very excited to have some of our printed material and a small selection of objects for sale at @referencepoint180 Winter Fair today.

Reference Point
Till 6pm today

Image: Still from a Book by Anna and Sophie published in 2023 and then reprinted in @90antiope in 2024
@a__howard@supportingmaterial


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5 months ago

Very excited to have some of our printed material and a small selection of objects for sale at @referencepoint180 Winter Fair today.

Reference Point
Till 6pm today

Image: Still from a Book by Anna and Sophie published in 2023 and then reprinted in @90antiope in 2024
@a__howard@supportingmaterial


93
5 months ago

Very excited to have some of our printed material and a small selection of objects for sale at @referencepoint180 Winter Fair today.

Reference Point
Till 6pm today

Image: Still from a Book by Anna and Sophie published in 2023 and then reprinted in @90antiope in 2024
@a__howard@supportingmaterial


93
5 months ago


Very excited to have some of our printed material and a small selection of objects for sale at @referencepoint180 Winter Fair today.

Reference Point
Till 6pm today

Image: Still from a Book by Anna and Sophie published in 2023 and then reprinted in @90antiope in 2024
@a__howard@supportingmaterial


93
5 months ago

Object Memory is an exhibition and store curated by Present Tense.
It brings together artists and makers who work with materials that arrive with their own stories. It looks at materials that—whether salvaged, repurposed, transported, or lifted from different contexts—are rebuilt into new objects that establish new connections.

The exhibition asks whether materials carry memory, and how immaterial connections (stories) influence desirability and enhance future connections. As in poetry, makers play with shape as synonym, and cross-reference received concepts with alternative materials to open new meaning and possibility.

Some works carry a sense of nostalgia, like the latex lamps from Louie Isaaman-Jones which evoke the memory of a clothes line, or the metalwork of Sophie Turner (Lore Archive), whose pieces trace silhouettes laden with the memory of familiar garments.

Opening: Friday 12th, 6:30pm
RSVP via Programme page on presenttense.co.uk

Open daily: 13–21 December
Weekdays 9–3pm
Sat/Sun 9–6pm

With works by:
Louie Isaaman Jones
Ame Pearce
Lore Archive 
Makiko McDonald
Lichen
Oficina 
Slant Editions
Monitor Books
Bona Varda
Lana
E F Davies Clay
h0ly grail


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5 months ago

A talk by Shelley Fox - Storage Unpacked: The Archive of Shelley Fox

The talk will take place at @_lorearchive London Fields, Hackney, London on Saturday October 4th

7 pm – 9pm

£15 ticket includes 15% off Shelley Fox limited edition T-shirts

DM @_lorearchive for PDF

DM @_lorearchive to secure your spot and receive booking link

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly towards supporting continued research and the unpacking of the Lore Archive collection

Shelley Fox Limited Edition T-Shirts

All the fabrics used are from the original time of sampling and production

Blow Torched Sequins from Collection # 9, Autumn / Winter 2000

Bletchley Park Codes Print from Collection # 10, Spring / Summer 2001

London Fields Print from Collection # 12, Spring / Summer 2002

In this talk Shelley Fox examined the role of her own design archive, posing questions of why she kept it and what it could mean for her future work. It is an archive that has been stored across various geographies and travelled over time. ‘Ruination’ (a word borrowed from the essay ‘Fashion Stranger than Fiction; Shelley Fox’, by Caroline Evans) is key in describing what can be perceived as part of the Shelley Fox aesthetic, and through the unpacking of the archive has led to further ruination amidst an uninvited collaboration with mice; bringing forth new beginnings where time allows for a different perspective.

#fashionarchives #fashionresearch #ruination #limitededitions #textiledesign #blowtorched #deadmice #storage #londonfields


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7 months ago

A talk by Shelley Fox - Storage Unpacked: The Archive of Shelley Fox

The talk will take place at @_lorearchive London Fields, Hackney, London on Saturday October 4th

7 pm – 9pm

£15 ticket includes 15% off Shelley Fox limited edition T-shirts

DM @_lorearchive for PDF

DM @_lorearchive to secure your spot and receive booking link

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly towards supporting continued research and the unpacking of the Lore Archive collection

Shelley Fox Limited Edition T-Shirts

All the fabrics used are from the original time of sampling and production

Blow Torched Sequins from Collection # 9, Autumn / Winter 2000

Bletchley Park Codes Print from Collection # 10, Spring / Summer 2001

London Fields Print from Collection # 12, Spring / Summer 2002

In this talk Shelley Fox examined the role of her own design archive, posing questions of why she kept it and what it could mean for her future work. It is an archive that has been stored across various geographies and travelled over time. ‘Ruination’ (a word borrowed from the essay ‘Fashion Stranger than Fiction; Shelley Fox’, by Caroline Evans) is key in describing what can be perceived as part of the Shelley Fox aesthetic, and through the unpacking of the archive has led to further ruination amidst an uninvited collaboration with mice; bringing forth new beginnings where time allows for a different perspective.

#fashionarchives #fashionresearch #ruination #limitededitions #textiledesign #blowtorched #deadmice #storage #londonfields


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7 months ago

A talk by Shelley Fox - Storage Unpacked: The Archive of Shelley Fox

The talk will take place at @_lorearchive London Fields, Hackney, London on Saturday October 4th

7 pm – 9pm

£15 ticket includes 15% off Shelley Fox limited edition T-shirts

DM @_lorearchive for PDF

DM @_lorearchive to secure your spot and receive booking link

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly towards supporting continued research and the unpacking of the Lore Archive collection

Shelley Fox Limited Edition T-Shirts

All the fabrics used are from the original time of sampling and production

Blow Torched Sequins from Collection # 9, Autumn / Winter 2000

Bletchley Park Codes Print from Collection # 10, Spring / Summer 2001

London Fields Print from Collection # 12, Spring / Summer 2002

In this talk Shelley Fox examined the role of her own design archive, posing questions of why she kept it and what it could mean for her future work. It is an archive that has been stored across various geographies and travelled over time. ‘Ruination’ (a word borrowed from the essay ‘Fashion Stranger than Fiction; Shelley Fox’, by Caroline Evans) is key in describing what can be perceived as part of the Shelley Fox aesthetic, and through the unpacking of the archive has led to further ruination amidst an uninvited collaboration with mice; bringing forth new beginnings where time allows for a different perspective.

#fashionarchives #fashionresearch #ruination #limitededitions #textiledesign #blowtorched #deadmice #storage #londonfields


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7 months ago

A talk by Shelley Fox - Storage Unpacked: The Archive of Shelley Fox

The talk will take place at @_lorearchive London Fields, Hackney, London on Saturday October 4th

7 pm – 9pm

£15 ticket includes 15% off Shelley Fox limited edition T-shirts

DM @_lorearchive for PDF

DM @_lorearchive to secure your spot and receive booking link

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly towards supporting continued research and the unpacking of the Lore Archive collection

Shelley Fox Limited Edition T-Shirts

All the fabrics used are from the original time of sampling and production

Blow Torched Sequins from Collection # 9, Autumn / Winter 2000

Bletchley Park Codes Print from Collection # 10, Spring / Summer 2001

London Fields Print from Collection # 12, Spring / Summer 2002

In this talk Shelley Fox examined the role of her own design archive, posing questions of why she kept it and what it could mean for her future work. It is an archive that has been stored across various geographies and travelled over time. ‘Ruination’ (a word borrowed from the essay ‘Fashion Stranger than Fiction; Shelley Fox’, by Caroline Evans) is key in describing what can be perceived as part of the Shelley Fox aesthetic, and through the unpacking of the archive has led to further ruination amidst an uninvited collaboration with mice; bringing forth new beginnings where time allows for a different perspective.

#fashionarchives #fashionresearch #ruination #limitededitions #textiledesign #blowtorched #deadmice #storage #londonfields


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10
7 months ago


A talk by Shelley Fox - Storage Unpacked: The Archive of Shelley Fox

The talk will take place at @_lorearchive London Fields, Hackney, London on Saturday October 4th

7 pm – 9pm

£15 ticket includes 15% off Shelley Fox limited edition T-shirts

DM @_lorearchive for PDF

DM @_lorearchive to secure your spot and receive booking link

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly towards supporting continued research and the unpacking of the Lore Archive collection

Shelley Fox Limited Edition T-Shirts

All the fabrics used are from the original time of sampling and production

Blow Torched Sequins from Collection # 9, Autumn / Winter 2000

Bletchley Park Codes Print from Collection # 10, Spring / Summer 2001

London Fields Print from Collection # 12, Spring / Summer 2002

In this talk Shelley Fox examined the role of her own design archive, posing questions of why she kept it and what it could mean for her future work. It is an archive that has been stored across various geographies and travelled over time. ‘Ruination’ (a word borrowed from the essay ‘Fashion Stranger than Fiction; Shelley Fox’, by Caroline Evans) is key in describing what can be perceived as part of the Shelley Fox aesthetic, and through the unpacking of the archive has led to further ruination amidst an uninvited collaboration with mice; bringing forth new beginnings where time allows for a different perspective.

#fashionarchives #fashionresearch #ruination #limitededitions #textiledesign #blowtorched #deadmice #storage #londonfields


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10
7 months ago

A talk by Shelley Fox - Storage Unpacked: The Archive of Shelley Fox

The talk will take place at @_lorearchive London Fields, Hackney, London on Saturday October 4th

7 pm – 9pm

£15 ticket includes 15% off Shelley Fox limited edition T-shirts

DM @_lorearchive for PDF

DM @_lorearchive to secure your spot and receive booking link

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly towards supporting continued research and the unpacking of the Lore Archive collection

Shelley Fox Limited Edition T-Shirts

All the fabrics used are from the original time of sampling and production

Blow Torched Sequins from Collection # 9, Autumn / Winter 2000

Bletchley Park Codes Print from Collection # 10, Spring / Summer 2001

London Fields Print from Collection # 12, Spring / Summer 2002

In this talk Shelley Fox examined the role of her own design archive, posing questions of why she kept it and what it could mean for her future work. It is an archive that has been stored across various geographies and travelled over time. ‘Ruination’ (a word borrowed from the essay ‘Fashion Stranger than Fiction; Shelley Fox’, by Caroline Evans) is key in describing what can be perceived as part of the Shelley Fox aesthetic, and through the unpacking of the archive has led to further ruination amidst an uninvited collaboration with mice; bringing forth new beginnings where time allows for a different perspective.

#fashionarchives #fashionresearch #ruination #limitededitions #textiledesign #blowtorched #deadmice #storage #londonfields


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10
7 months ago

A talk by Shelley Fox - Storage Unpacked: The Archive of Shelley Fox

The talk will take place at @_lorearchive London Fields, Hackney, London on Saturday October 4th

7 pm – 9pm

£15 ticket includes 15% off Shelley Fox limited edition T-shirts

DM @_lorearchive for PDF

DM @_lorearchive to secure your spot and receive booking link

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly towards supporting continued research and the unpacking of the Lore Archive collection

Shelley Fox Limited Edition T-Shirts

All the fabrics used are from the original time of sampling and production

Blow Torched Sequins from Collection # 9, Autumn / Winter 2000

Bletchley Park Codes Print from Collection # 10, Spring / Summer 2001

London Fields Print from Collection # 12, Spring / Summer 2002

In this talk Shelley Fox examined the role of her own design archive, posing questions of why she kept it and what it could mean for her future work. It is an archive that has been stored across various geographies and travelled over time. ‘Ruination’ (a word borrowed from the essay ‘Fashion Stranger than Fiction; Shelley Fox’, by Caroline Evans) is key in describing what can be perceived as part of the Shelley Fox aesthetic, and through the unpacking of the archive has led to further ruination amidst an uninvited collaboration with mice; bringing forth new beginnings where time allows for a different perspective.

#fashionarchives #fashionresearch #ruination #limitededitions #textiledesign #blowtorched #deadmice #storage #londonfields


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10
7 months ago

A talk by Shelley Fox - Storage Unpacked: The Archive of Shelley Fox

The talk will take place at @_lorearchive London Fields, Hackney, London on Saturday October 4th

7 pm – 9pm

£15 ticket includes 15% off Shelley Fox limited edition T-shirts

DM @_lorearchive for PDF

DM @_lorearchive to secure your spot and receive booking link

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly towards supporting continued research and the unpacking of the Lore Archive collection

Shelley Fox Limited Edition T-Shirts

All the fabrics used are from the original time of sampling and production

Blow Torched Sequins from Collection # 9, Autumn / Winter 2000

Bletchley Park Codes Print from Collection # 10, Spring / Summer 2001

London Fields Print from Collection # 12, Spring / Summer 2002

In this talk Shelley Fox examined the role of her own design archive, posing questions of why she kept it and what it could mean for her future work. It is an archive that has been stored across various geographies and travelled over time. ‘Ruination’ (a word borrowed from the essay ‘Fashion Stranger than Fiction; Shelley Fox’, by Caroline Evans) is key in describing what can be perceived as part of the Shelley Fox aesthetic, and through the unpacking of the archive has led to further ruination amidst an uninvited collaboration with mice; bringing forth new beginnings where time allows for a different perspective.

#fashionarchives #fashionresearch #ruination #limitededitions #textiledesign #blowtorched #deadmice #storage #londonfields


372
10
7 months ago

A talk by Shelley Fox - Storage Unpacked: The Archive of Shelley Fox

The talk will take place at @_lorearchive London Fields, Hackney, London on Saturday October 4th

7 pm – 9pm

£15 ticket includes 15% off Shelley Fox limited edition T-shirts

DM @_lorearchive for PDF

DM @_lorearchive to secure your spot and receive booking link

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly towards supporting continued research and the unpacking of the Lore Archive collection

Shelley Fox Limited Edition T-Shirts

All the fabrics used are from the original time of sampling and production

Blow Torched Sequins from Collection # 9, Autumn / Winter 2000

Bletchley Park Codes Print from Collection # 10, Spring / Summer 2001

London Fields Print from Collection # 12, Spring / Summer 2002

In this talk Shelley Fox examined the role of her own design archive, posing questions of why she kept it and what it could mean for her future work. It is an archive that has been stored across various geographies and travelled over time. ‘Ruination’ (a word borrowed from the essay ‘Fashion Stranger than Fiction; Shelley Fox’, by Caroline Evans) is key in describing what can be perceived as part of the Shelley Fox aesthetic, and through the unpacking of the archive has led to further ruination amidst an uninvited collaboration with mice; bringing forth new beginnings where time allows for a different perspective.

#fashionarchives #fashionresearch #ruination #limitededitions #textiledesign #blowtorched #deadmice #storage #londonfields


372
10
7 months ago

A talk by Shelley Fox - Storage Unpacked: The Archive of Shelley Fox

The talk will take place at @_lorearchive London Fields, Hackney, London on Saturday October 4th

7 pm – 9pm

£15 ticket includes 15% off Shelley Fox limited edition T-shirts

DM @_lorearchive for PDF

DM @_lorearchive to secure your spot and receive booking link

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly towards supporting continued research and the unpacking of the Lore Archive collection

Shelley Fox Limited Edition T-Shirts

All the fabrics used are from the original time of sampling and production

Blow Torched Sequins from Collection # 9, Autumn / Winter 2000

Bletchley Park Codes Print from Collection # 10, Spring / Summer 2001

London Fields Print from Collection # 12, Spring / Summer 2002

In this talk Shelley Fox examined the role of her own design archive, posing questions of why she kept it and what it could mean for her future work. It is an archive that has been stored across various geographies and travelled over time. ‘Ruination’ (a word borrowed from the essay ‘Fashion Stranger than Fiction; Shelley Fox’, by Caroline Evans) is key in describing what can be perceived as part of the Shelley Fox aesthetic, and through the unpacking of the archive has led to further ruination amidst an uninvited collaboration with mice; bringing forth new beginnings where time allows for a different perspective.

#fashionarchives #fashionresearch #ruination #limitededitions #textiledesign #blowtorched #deadmice #storage #londonfields


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10
7 months ago

From an interview with Lore Archive founder Sophie Turner, published in Collecting Memory (2023).

“I love how artefacts and objects have the ability to show the passage of time. Each repair, each stitch on these socks holds a memory, a story. Even though I don’t know what those individual stories are, it somehow feels visceral, like a window into time.”

“My practice has always been centred around collecting and finding ways to recontextualise the objects I find.”

@mollyemmaaa
@madlyawake
@collectingmemory_


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10 months ago

From an interview with Lore Archive founder Sophie Turner, published in Collecting Memory (2023).

“I love how artefacts and objects have the ability to show the passage of time. Each repair, each stitch on these socks holds a memory, a story. Even though I don’t know what those individual stories are, it somehow feels visceral, like a window into time.”

“My practice has always been centred around collecting and finding ways to recontextualise the objects I find.”

@mollyemmaaa
@madlyawake
@collectingmemory_


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10 months ago

From an interview with Lore Archive founder Sophie Turner, published in Collecting Memory (2023).

“I love how artefacts and objects have the ability to show the passage of time. Each repair, each stitch on these socks holds a memory, a story. Even though I don’t know what those individual stories are, it somehow feels visceral, like a window into time.”

“My practice has always been centred around collecting and finding ways to recontextualise the objects I find.”

@mollyemmaaa
@madlyawake
@collectingmemory_


55
10 months ago

From an interview with Lore Archive founder Sophie Turner, published in Collecting Memory (2023).

“I love how artefacts and objects have the ability to show the passage of time. Each repair, each stitch on these socks holds a memory, a story. Even though I don’t know what those individual stories are, it somehow feels visceral, like a window into time.”

“My practice has always been centred around collecting and finding ways to recontextualise the objects I find.”

@mollyemmaaa
@madlyawake
@collectingmemory_


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10 months ago

Lore Archive Darned Socks on Glass - 2022


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1 years ago

@lydia_garnett portrait of Sophie in @_lorearchive commissioned by @jamieallanshaw for @thealteredstatesmagazine


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9
1 years ago

Slide 1: Scanned Composition of Napoleonic Fireman’s jacket and Vegetable Ivory Buttons

Slide 2: Tagua Nut photographed at the Economic Botany Collection at Kew Gardens

Slide 3: Image of the Tagua seeds being sliced with a rotary saw

Slide 4: Victorian vegetable ivory (Tagua) rattle

- Vegetable ivory is a plant alternative to ivory and is mostly made out of the seeds of different palm trees.

- This vegetable ivory is made out of tagua which is a hard seed from a South American palm tree.

- The scientific name is Phytelephas aequatorialis. Sometimes it is also called ‘The elephant tree’.

- The seed will also be called a nut. It is an oval/ball shape perfectly fitting in the palm of your hand. It often gets called a nut as well.

- It has a black/brownish shell like a coconut and when peeled of, shows a hard white, looking like ivory.

- It is often used to make objects, buttons or jewellery out of as it is very easy to carve into.

- It takes 15 - 20 years for the trees to produce ‘mococha’ which are cobs that can be up to 0.5m big. Each of them have 50 - 100 water filled capsules, this water is essential to all palm trees.

- After about 8 months after harvesting, the inside of the nut is soft and milky and can be drunk like a coconut. AT 10 months it hardens and can be eaten like a coconut.

- When the fruit’s are fully ripe and fall off the tree, that is when they are hard and can be used as ivory.

- Three times a year a palm can have around 10 - 20 mocha’s and 1 mocha contains about 20 nuts

- Tagua has been used in this way since the 1800’s

For more information on our research and development services please get in contact: admin@lorearchive.co.uk


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1
1 years ago

Slide 1: Scanned Composition of Napoleonic Fireman’s jacket and Vegetable Ivory Buttons

Slide 2: Tagua Nut photographed at the Economic Botany Collection at Kew Gardens

Slide 3: Image of the Tagua seeds being sliced with a rotary saw

Slide 4: Victorian vegetable ivory (Tagua) rattle

- Vegetable ivory is a plant alternative to ivory and is mostly made out of the seeds of different palm trees.

- This vegetable ivory is made out of tagua which is a hard seed from a South American palm tree.

- The scientific name is Phytelephas aequatorialis. Sometimes it is also called ‘The elephant tree’.

- The seed will also be called a nut. It is an oval/ball shape perfectly fitting in the palm of your hand. It often gets called a nut as well.

- It has a black/brownish shell like a coconut and when peeled of, shows a hard white, looking like ivory.

- It is often used to make objects, buttons or jewellery out of as it is very easy to carve into.

- It takes 15 - 20 years for the trees to produce ‘mococha’ which are cobs that can be up to 0.5m big. Each of them have 50 - 100 water filled capsules, this water is essential to all palm trees.

- After about 8 months after harvesting, the inside of the nut is soft and milky and can be drunk like a coconut. AT 10 months it hardens and can be eaten like a coconut.

- When the fruit’s are fully ripe and fall off the tree, that is when they are hard and can be used as ivory.

- Three times a year a palm can have around 10 - 20 mocha’s and 1 mocha contains about 20 nuts

- Tagua has been used in this way since the 1800’s

For more information on our research and development services please get in contact: admin@lorearchive.co.uk


107
1
1 years ago

Slide 1: Scanned Composition of Napoleonic Fireman’s jacket and Vegetable Ivory Buttons

Slide 2: Tagua Nut photographed at the Economic Botany Collection at Kew Gardens

Slide 3: Image of the Tagua seeds being sliced with a rotary saw

Slide 4: Victorian vegetable ivory (Tagua) rattle

- Vegetable ivory is a plant alternative to ivory and is mostly made out of the seeds of different palm trees.

- This vegetable ivory is made out of tagua which is a hard seed from a South American palm tree.

- The scientific name is Phytelephas aequatorialis. Sometimes it is also called ‘The elephant tree’.

- The seed will also be called a nut. It is an oval/ball shape perfectly fitting in the palm of your hand. It often gets called a nut as well.

- It has a black/brownish shell like a coconut and when peeled of, shows a hard white, looking like ivory.

- It is often used to make objects, buttons or jewellery out of as it is very easy to carve into.

- It takes 15 - 20 years for the trees to produce ‘mococha’ which are cobs that can be up to 0.5m big. Each of them have 50 - 100 water filled capsules, this water is essential to all palm trees.

- After about 8 months after harvesting, the inside of the nut is soft and milky and can be drunk like a coconut. AT 10 months it hardens and can be eaten like a coconut.

- When the fruit’s are fully ripe and fall off the tree, that is when they are hard and can be used as ivory.

- Three times a year a palm can have around 10 - 20 mocha’s and 1 mocha contains about 20 nuts

- Tagua has been used in this way since the 1800’s

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Slide 1: Scanned Composition of Napoleonic Fireman’s jacket and Vegetable Ivory Buttons

Slide 2: Tagua Nut photographed at the Economic Botany Collection at Kew Gardens

Slide 3: Image of the Tagua seeds being sliced with a rotary saw

Slide 4: Victorian vegetable ivory (Tagua) rattle

- Vegetable ivory is a plant alternative to ivory and is mostly made out of the seeds of different palm trees.

- This vegetable ivory is made out of tagua which is a hard seed from a South American palm tree.

- The scientific name is Phytelephas aequatorialis. Sometimes it is also called ‘The elephant tree’.

- The seed will also be called a nut. It is an oval/ball shape perfectly fitting in the palm of your hand. It often gets called a nut as well.

- It has a black/brownish shell like a coconut and when peeled of, shows a hard white, looking like ivory.

- It is often used to make objects, buttons or jewellery out of as it is very easy to carve into.

- It takes 15 - 20 years for the trees to produce ‘mococha’ which are cobs that can be up to 0.5m big. Each of them have 50 - 100 water filled capsules, this water is essential to all palm trees.

- After about 8 months after harvesting, the inside of the nut is soft and milky and can be drunk like a coconut. AT 10 months it hardens and can be eaten like a coconut.

- When the fruit’s are fully ripe and fall off the tree, that is when they are hard and can be used as ivory.

- Three times a year a palm can have around 10 - 20 mocha’s and 1 mocha contains about 20 nuts

- Tagua has been used in this way since the 1800’s

For more information on our research and development services please get in contact: admin@lorearchive.co.uk


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