ARCTIC INDIGENOUS FISHSKIN CONFERENCE
June Pardue, Anchorage Museum, Alaska, US
Anatoly Donkan, Amur Ethnic Art Museum in Viechtach, Germany
Elisa Palomino, University of the Arts, London, UK
John Cloud, Smithsonian arctic Studies Center, Washington DC, US
Isaac Raine, University of the Arts, London, UK
Zhonjing Zhang, University of the Arts, London, UK
SOCIETY OF LEATHER TECHNOLOGISTS AND CHEMISTS CONFERENCE 2020
Indigenous Arctic Fish Skin: A study of different traditional skin processing technology
Elisa Palomino, Central St Martins, University of the Arts, London
Gustavo Adrian Defeo, Ars Tinctoria
Lotta Rahme, independent tanner
http://www.sltc.org/latest-sltc-conference/
CRAFT CONFERENCE 2019 FISH SKIN SUSTAINABILITY CRAFT AND MATERIAL INNOVATION
Craft Conference 2019 - Elisa Palomino, Lotta Rahme
"Fish skin: sustainability, craft and material innovation and its application
https://www.uttv.ee/naita?id=29188
A FISH SKIN CLUTCH COLLECTION USING OCEAN FOOD WASTE WHILE PRESERVING THE PLANNET’S NATURAL RESOURCES
WORTH PROJECT
THE CHALLENGE
The project aims to introduce concepts such as the sustainability and craft innovation of the fish leather in the luxury industry with the final aim of substituting the luxury leather- based products while preserving ancient and innovative techniques. The technological challenge was to pilot and develop new technologies, based on artwork development for fish leather finishes together with a high component of design (inspired by Asian cultures), promoting development of future manufactured fish skin leather new products for the luxury industry.
The object of the project is the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage connected with fish skin. The collaboration and cooperation among the Icelandic tannery and fashion designer, is a fine example of an innovative way of linking the preservation of traditional knowledge and culture and the development of culturally relevant fashion items taking in consideration the sustainable limits of the planet’s natural resources.
THE SOLUTION
Making leather from fish skin is an ancient craft historically used by many Arctic coastal cultures.The Fishskinlab clutch collection combines the technological progress of Atlantic Leather, an Icelandic tannery leading in manufacturing leather from fish skin with the designs of Elisa Palomino, a recognised international fashion designer. Fishskinlab presents a clutch collection inspired by the principles of sustainability.
https://www.worthproject.eu/project/fishskinlab/
FISHSKIN NETWORK EVENT IN ICELAND
Participants of FISHskin 2019, international fish skin craft workshop and conference held at the Textile Center in September 2019. The program is a collaboration of Elisa Palomino (fourth on the left, middle row) & partners, including the Icelandic University of the Arts.
SUSTAINABLE FISH SKIN NETWORK
A project exploring new sustainable tanning methods for fish skin with the aim of offering the material to luxury fashion designers, manufacturers, and consumers.
https://www.nordiskkulturfond.org/media/29977/handmade-catalogue-digital-190813.pdf
CUMULUS ROVANIEMI 2019
Our Cumulus conference will take place the 29th of May at Rovaniemi, Finland as part of the Arctic and Sustainable Art and Design session: Indigenous Arctic Fish skin clothing traditions: Cultural and ecological impacts on Fashion Higher Education.
Elisa Palomino. Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, UK. Katrín María Káradóttir. Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland. Lotta Rhame. Lottas tannery, Sigtuna, Sweden. Joseph Boon. The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, UK
“Around the Campfire - Resilience and Intelligence" The conference discusses especially the topic of resilience. What are the means, medium and methodologies of art, design and media in contributing to the adaptability and novel innovation in coping with everyday life, geographical extremes and societal challenges? How are the topics of sustainability and resilience interconnected and interwoven? The discussion is complemented by intelligence that is visible through design applications that embrace smart, green and social innovation.
Check the programme and registration information in www.cumulusrovaniemi2019.org
Big Thanks to Society of Dye and Colourists and Nordic Culture Fund for funding this project.
PRESERVATION OF EARLY MEDIEVAL FISH LEATHER TRADITION THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION
I will be presenting the 13th of April at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA during the IONA conference: From Fibre to Decorated Textiles in the Early North Atlantic: Making, Methods,Meanings my paper on ‘Preservation of Early medieval Fish leather tradition through Higher education’. I will be examining the historical application of fishskin, the disappearance of the craft, the importance of Women and fishskin in the Arctic and the future development of the craft to disseminate best practices in fashion higher education.
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARD SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
In the UK I am the Fashion Print Pathway leader at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London. I am a fashion designer, researcher and fashion educator. My Fulbright project will examine Indigenous Arctic Fish skin clothing: Cultural and ecological impacts on Fashion Higher Education, and the learning strategies that are most beneficial for promoting these skills in university students.
I will carry out my research with leading academics in the field of Arctic anthropology under the mentoring of William Fitzhugh, Director at the Arctic Studies Center at the Smithsonian Institute. This research will build connections between anthropology, ethnography and environmental protection taking in consideration global issues of fashion’s sustainability and the impact that our fashion practices are having on the planet. The research looks at how can we learn from fish skin, a new raw material and from local knowledge applied to fashion through case studies working with fashion HE students and fish skin artisans using participatory practices.
BRITISH COUNCIL CRAFTING FUTURES CHINA
British Council forum and networking event the 5th March 2019 to hear from UK and Chinese speakers about craft practice and collaboration. Through international collaboration, the British Council’s Crafting Futures programme creates new networks and opportunities for shared learning between the UK and other countries around the globe.
Elisa Palomino will be talking about the Hezhe Fish leather craftsmanship workshop held at Heilongjiang province, China.
The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AT
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FISHSKIN HORIZON 2020 MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE
Kick off event in Eilat, Israel of FishSkin, a new project, funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 research and innovation initiative under the Marie Sklodowska Curie agreement FishSkin 823943 which will bring together a community of experts including fashion design academics, scientists and craftsmen, with the aim of improve knowledge of sustainable methods for fish skin production to address the pressing sustainability issues in the current fashion industry. Project leader Shenkar. Partners: UAL, Atlantic leather, Iceland University of the Arts, Kornit digital print ltd, Oceanographic Research, Ars Tinctoria SRL ,Politecnico Milano, Kyoto Seika University.
CIRRUS: A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Elisa Palomino will be teaching the workshop 'A More Sustainable Future' at the Iceland Academy of the Arts from March 25th – 29th 2019 through CIRRUS: Nordic-Baltic Network of Art and Design Education. The central activities of the partner institutions are art and design, including innovative activities, technical development and artistic practices.
https://cirrus.artun.ee/sustainable/
FISHSKIN
Grant agreement ID: 823943
Objective
The Fashion industry is currently going through a significant change in its approach towards sustainability, aiming to transform from a wasteful and polluting industry into the into a cleaner and more circular sector. In FISHSkin, our research concentrates on developing a new category of raw material for fashion – fish leather. we aim to amalgamate the Mariculture and Fashion industry by using both the fish flesh and skin as viable, economically useful products. While fish leather was used for centuries by indigenous people in Northern Europe and Asia, it was pushed aside by hides which offered better characteristics. Today, however, circular economy principles combined with state-of-the-art technology and changing consumer tastes – allow us to challenge existing fashion assumptions and explore the viability of fish leather is this industry. Through secondments and network training events we will generate knowledge cohesion from different disciplines: Fashion design, Material science and Marine biology where academic and industrial experts will strive to develop new techniques and methodologies for a market take up of fish leather at an industrial scale.
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/823943
INNOVATION TALKS BY LINEAPELLE
Elisa Palomino will take part on “LINEAPELLE INNOVATION TALKS” ,a unique format that brings the experience of the most important trade show for fashion materials and accessories. It provides an updated overview on fashion and market trends and links them to highly selected examples of recent developments in the world of applied Research and Innovation.
https://fashioninnovation.it/innovation-talks-ldn/
EU INDUSTRY DAYS
The Worth winning project ‘Fish Skin leather in the Luxury Industry’ will participate in the EU Industry Days that will take place in Brussels on 5-6 February 2019 and will consist of a mix of events organised by the European Commission under the theme of industry and sustainability. It will provide an excellent opportunity to highlight and discuss new emerging industrial, societal and environmental trends that may need a response from the EU and an excellent opportunity to bring together key players to discuss topics that are relevant to the industry and engage with a diverse audience representing a variety of industrial sectors from all over Europe.
https://www.worthproject.eu/worth-winners-participate-in-2019-eu-industry-days/
DAIWA FOUNDATION GRANT
Recipient of the Daiwa Foundation Small Grant to travel to Japan mapping recent developments of Japanese traditional natural dyes and experimenting with their application on fish skin leather, leading to its use by designers & craftsmen as a greener alternative to exotic leathers.
HANDMADE NORDIC FOUNDATION GRANT
Recipient of the Nordic Culture Fund Handmade Grant where tanners, museums, design businesses and academic researchers join forces in a cross sectorial pool of knowledge and knowhow about fish skin, a traditional craft material today. The project is supported by HANDMADE - both by OPSTART and project funding.
https://www.nordiskkulturfond.org/en/inspirational-projects/sustainable-fish-skin-network/
TEXTILSETUR ISLANDS. ICELANDIC TEXTILE CENTRE RESIDENCY
Recipient of the Icelandic Textile Centre Residency to research together with Atlantic Leather the endangered fish skin craft, promoting Icelandic fish skin, encouraging fish skin research and reflecting on the protection and sustainable use of the Arctic marine environment.
VISIT TO MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY
The team from the international workshop on sustainability and craft innovation of fish leather in Nordic higher education travelled to Paris to perform a consultation of fish skin objects and garments from the Musée du Quai Branly Siberian collections (Paris) with Daria Cevoli, Curator in charge of Asian Collections.
HEZHEN FISH LEATHER CRAFT WORKSHOP
Hezhen Fish leather craft workshop. IAIA (International Art Institutes Association) Beijing, China.
AINU FISH LEATHER CRAFT PLATFORM
Ainu Fish leather craft platform. Platform co-created with the Foundation for Research of Ainu Culture between Higher Education Students and Ainu Craftsmen. Funded by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation & The Japan Foundation Endowment Committee.
AHRC LDOC LONDON DOCTORAL DESIGN CENTRE SCHOLARSHIP
AHRC LDoc London Doctoral Design Centre scholarship. Funded through the AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council) Fish Skin, sustainability and craftsmanship in the luxury industry. This project is an interdisciplinary collaboration to study northern indigenous fishskin heritage building connections between anthropology, ethnography and environmental protection to address current global issues of fashion sustainability at a time when the changing Arctic environment and its wider impacts are receiving widespread attention.
http://ldoc-cdt.ac.uk/fishskin/
FISH SKIN LEATHER IN THE LUXURY INDUSTRY
Partnership between Elisa Palomino and Atlantic Leather. Utilising fish skin with high technology to create luxury accessories. Funded by EU COSME WORTH Project.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6387691607692439561/
NORDIC FISH LEATHER CRAFT PLATFORM
Nordic Fish Leather craft platform. Co-created by Central Saint Martins, Iceland Academy of Arts, and Atlantic Leather. Partnership between fish leather Craftsmen and higher education students from Iceland Academy of the Arts, KADKThe Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,The Swedish School of Textiles - University of Borås, Aalto University and Central Saint Martins College of Art. Funded by The Nordic Culture Fund. OPSTART& Society of dyers and colourists.
SOCIETY OF DYERS AND COLOURISTS
Recipient of the Society of Dyers and Colourists Grant to deliver the Nordic Fish Leather craft workshop at Atlantic Leather.
FRPAC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND PROMOTION OF AINU CULTURE
Recipient of theFRPAC. Foundation for Research and Promotion of Ainu Culture Grant to deliver a workshop on Ainu Fish leather craftsmanship at the Nibutani Ainu culture museum, Hokkaido, Japan
NORDIC FOUNDATION GRANT OPSTART
Recipient of the Nordic Culture Fund OPSTART Grant to deliver the Nordic Fish Leather craft workshop at Atlantic Leather.
GREAT BRITAIN SASAKAWA FOUNDATION
Recipient of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Grant to deliver a workshop on Ainu Fish leather
craftsmanship at the Nibutani Ainu culture museum, Hokkaido, Japan.
JAPAN FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE
Recipient of the Japan Foundation Endowment Committee Grant to deliver a workshop on Ainu Fish leather craftsmanship at the Nibutani Ainu culture museum, Hokkaido, Japan.