Rebecca Burgess (textile artist and founder of the Fibershed Project)
for the last year has been wearing clothes, spun, dyed and knitted
within a 150 mile radius of her home in California.
This is not a new concept but rather a return to old habits.
'Burgess started the Fibershed project to
“swing the pendulum of our production and consumption”
to a happier medium by integrating organic fibers,
natural dyes, and local economies. '
The whole idea of combining the skills of local artists, weavers,
farmers enables Burgess to create jobs within her community
and help spread this important ideal that can be adapted and
encouraged by many other communities.
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