A The Egypt Centre Event
SpeakerKatarzyna Lubos
Speaker's BiographyUniversity of Bonn
From: 20 Nov 2024, 7 p.m.To: 20 Nov 2024, 8 p.m.
Location: Taliesin Create, Swansea University, Singleton Park, SA2 8PZ, Swansea
Textiles have always been among the most popular goods of mankind and are an important part of our material culture. Bright colours, different shapes, individual patterns, and complex weaving techniques have characterised clothing since its beginnings and continue to fascinate us today. They fulfil a wide range of functions. Textile craft techniques were not only used to produce essential everyday goods – first and foremost clothing – but also consumer goods, prestigious objects, and even luxury items. Their production requires skill and raw materials and is so time-consuming that many advances in textile technology had a broad influence on changes in economic and social history well into the modern era.
As part of a textile archaeological investigation, the textiles are comprehensively catalogued, chronologically classified, and examined regarding their function and production techniques. The aim is to reconstruct and better understand changes in the use and technology of textiles over long periods of time.
Contact: Wendy Goodridge (Email: w.r.goodridge@swansea.ac.uk)
Event created by: w.r.goodridge