Push Pull Textiles

Push Pull Textiles A responsible textile design and research studio specialising in natural dyeing, weaving and experimental construction.

Thank you, MTNS ECO Blue Mountains!
13/10/2021

Thank you, MTNS ECO Blue Mountains!

New things on the way ✨
05/08/2021

New things on the way ✨

Mine will! The New Standard Institute are raising an important 'transparency' talking point here. How much information d...
01/08/2021

Mine will!

The New Standard Institute are raising an important 'transparency' talking point here. How much information do/should buyers receive at the point of sale? Humans are good at processing and retaining large chunks of data at once – *if* it's communicated effectively and accurately. Responsible textiles are as much about the knowledge hierarchy as they are about looking the part.

I'm currently in production for my first drop of textile goods, which I'll introduce here over the next few months. I keep detailed records of every component of what I make, which is easier in some ways and harder in others when you're a single operator. My spreadsheets are growing exponentially…!

With this data, I hope to introduce a really different way of labelling goods. Looking forward to showing you more soon ✨


There is a lot a clothing tag does not tell you, including which chemicals have been applied to the garment.

23 down, 223 to go 🌞
29/07/2021

23 down, 223 to go 🌞

Waking up to a frost covered yard and a continuing lockdown, and meditating on the luxury of warmer temps & mobility in ...
22/07/2021

Waking up to a frost covered yard and a continuing lockdown, and meditating on the luxury of warmer temps & mobility in the before times. Looking forward to moving slowly with the plants & seasons again.

Shown here is a 2018 persicaria tinctoria harvest I helped out on in the Ohara countryside just north of Kyoto, where I was learning the ropes of indigo agricultural cycles.

These are images of microplastics found in seawater along the coast of British Columbia and the northeastern Pacific Oce...
13/07/2021

These are images of microplastics found in seawater along the coast of British Columbia and the northeastern Pacific Ocean.

A 2015 study led by Dr Peter Ross, head of the Ocean Pollution Research Program at Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, found that these fibres are ingested by two common zooplankton species. From there they migrate through marine food webs, posing a serious risk to the animals that feed on them.

But it's not only their effect on aquatic ecosystems that’s alarming. Historically, the ocean has sequestered 30-50% of carbon dioxide emissions from human-related activities. But researchers at the Ocean University of China found that with these plankton ingesting ever-greater quantities of microplastics, the growth of microalgae is reduced, along with the efficiency of photosynthesis. Plankton, and thus our oceans, are losing their ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

These microplastics aren't the same as the microbeads that are deliberately manufactured for use in exfoliants or toothpastes. They come from the breakdown of larger pieces of plastic, and textiles.

This is just one study from one small segment of the world's oceans. Removing fossil fibres from global virgin textile production – not circulating them back through the supply chain, where they will continue to break down and leech into the waterways – is a matter of criticality.

📖 References:
• https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/08/how-plastics-contribute-to-climate-change/
• 'Widespread distribution of microplastics in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean' by
Jean-Pierre W Desforges, Moira Galbraith, Neil Dangerfield, Peter S Ross.

📷 Images:
Jean-Pierre Desforges, who also worked on the study.

Thank you so much to Sukhraj Singh for inviting me to be part of Indenium School of Responsible Design's Real People Ses...
13/07/2021

Thank you so much to Sukhraj Singh for inviting me to be part of Indenium School of Responsible Design's Real People Sessions last month. It was a pleasure to share my journey with all the students, whose pathways are very similar to my own and whose talent and vision for change is incredibly inspiring. All anchored by a responsibility to earth and its species, and the goal of nurturing a new form of expression through textiles. Really looking forward to further discussions, thank you Indenium!

Recent natural dye installation work for a collaboration with the brilliant Sui Zhen. Shown here in its pre-sewn format ...
07/06/2021

Recent natural dye installation work for a collaboration with the brilliant Sui Zhen. Shown here in its pre-sewn format – the full artwork will be revealed soon!

The key to a good gradient: keep it wet, keep it moving, don’t get too attached to your fingerprints 🔥
07/06/2021

The key to a good gradient: keep it wet, keep it moving, don’t get too attached to your fingerprints 🔥

Functional pocket on the Residual Pattern quilt. A pocket is such a purpose-built pattern piece, I can't not fulfil its ...
01/02/2021

Functional pocket on the Residual Pattern quilt. A pocket is such a purpose-built pattern piece, I can't not fulfil its destiny to provide safekeeping for small items while you're keeping warm. Please know that the photo of it holding my favourite chocolate bar was off-brand and didn't make the cut ✋📱📓 🍫

The Residual Pattern quilt with functional pocket, entirely hand-stitched and made from existing materials. This textile...
25/01/2021

The Residual Pattern quilt with functional pocket, entirely hand-stitched and made from existing materials.

This textile design looks at the intuitive patterns created when old clothing is disassembled and the pattern pieces arranged into a new cloth. Some of the layered and fragmented shapes are recognisable, but their former structure has been reimagined as a flat landscape of colour and contrast. If you look at it long enough, faux pattern pieces start to appear in the negative space. Sew them back together and they'd probably make a very interesting shirt.

This commissioned piece is a gift for a loved one of . Looking forward to exploring this textile design in different weights, structures and iterations.

Teahouse Windows ～A textile installation exploring the artistic possibilities of tea. Made with salvaged silk, linen, co...
14/01/2021

Teahouse Windows ～

A textile installation exploring the artistic possibilities of tea. Made with salvaged silk, linen, cotton & rayon, dyed with leaves & blends, hand-stitched.

As unique and personal as tea flavours are to each of us, so too are the colours hidden within every leaf, fruit, root or peppercorn. This work draws out these rich pigments through botanical dyeing, where tea material is scattered over alum-treated natural fabrics and steamed. The varied qualities of silk, linen, cotton and rayon all absorb and reflect the colours in a slightly different way.

Teahouse Windows visualises the origins of tea flavours, the impressions they leave and the environments they come from. It brings a physical form to the moment we stop and immerse ourselves in the warmth and character of a cup of tea.

On display now at T Totaler, The Galeries, Sydney.

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