Forgotten Fleece Tales
A Scottish Touring Exhibition of Textile Arts
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Weaving A Sustainable Future
Forgotten Fleece Tales is a celebration of the space where art, craft, story and ecology come together. The exhibition features a curated collection of works made using “waste” or “unwanted” organic Scottish fleece, and byproducts of industrial fleece processing.
With a combination of wearables, wall hangings, home textiles, sculptural pieces and interactive experiences, Forgotten Fleece Tales provides an immersive and in-depth exploration of the enduring value of Scottish fleece, both in terms of farming and textiles heritage, and hopes for a sustainable future.
The theme of “forgotten” fleece will bind the pieces together in the form of a unique piece of short fiction written for each creation by folklorist and writer Alicia Anne Adams. These tales will draw on aspects of Scottish folklore, history, and landscapes. They will invite readers to connect more closely with the story of wool - both in the pieces on display, and in their everyday lives. Visitors can engage with these stories in their written format, or follow QR codes to discover video recordings.
This exploration of fleece in folklore will be further drawn upon by a featured panel exploring the role of textiles in our country’s lore and legend, including traditional stories of goddesses, banshees and crones.
Forgotten Fleece Tales aims to engage visitors with sensory experiences, challenging them to honour wool’s place in our heritage, and to rethink it as a sustainable and versatile material for our future.
Buy the Companion Book
Whether you've enjoyed the exhibition or you want to explore it from the comfort of home, the Forgotten Fleece Tales Companion Book brings Forgotten Fleece Tales to life with high-quality photographs of all 22 artworks, plus the stories written by Alicia Anne Adams to accompany them.
The book includes an exploration of textiles in Scottish folklore, a foreword examining the relationship between text and textiles, and a behind-the-scenes look at each contributing artist and the materials and methods they use to create wonder out of "waste" wool.
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