Bradford College Of Art – Past and Present: Responses to the Bradford Textile Archive

For Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture the Guild held an exhibition in conjunction with the Bradford Textile Society at the Dyehouse Gallery, which is located on the Bradford College campus.

This exhibition has been inspired by looking at items in the wonderful textile archive at Bradford College and then creating pieces in response, using the crafts of weaving, spinning, and dyeing. We would like to thank Helen Farrar for making this exhibition possible in the fitting location of The Dyehouse Gallery and for all her hard work in curating and bringing the exhibition together.

The exhibition was held from Friday 21st March to Friday 9th May.

For more information about BD25 as a whole, please visit https://bradford2025.co.uk/

Below is a list of the exhibits, each has its own page with more information.

• Loom for Improvement
• The Blue is Warp
• Wool Journal
• Wall Hanging
• The Mysteries
• All The Samples
• Cardigan
• Vegetable Basket
• Length of fabric
• Cushion Covers
• Knitted Cowl
• Fallen
• Three Hats
• Copper and Cotton Hangings
• Naturally Majestic
• A River Flows
• Golden thread
• Through Thick and Thin
• Memories
• Loops & Chains
• Pioneering women in Bradford
• Imagine
• Funny Pigeon
• Mum’s Dress
• Hand spun and woven scarf
• Moonlit Moth Scarf. Spinning Wheel Scarf
• Platt’s Pods
• Wall Hanging
• Honeysuckle jacket
• Coral and Black bracelets