Hi there :-)
I’m Zoë, a visual storyteller based between Cornwall and The Lake District, working across photography and filmmaking.
Having been fortunate enough to grow up roaming these wild landscapes has really influenced the softness to my storytelling. My work has become rooted in communicating land-based practices and exploring webs of sustainability within the textile world. I am fascinated by how farming and attitudes to fashion can become regenerative and have been exploring this through recent work. Examples include Fibre, a short documentary that was made in partnership with Cornish wool spinners, and Tales from a Weavershed, a self-published book that meditates on woven creative journeys. Recently, my photography practices have even extended to my own textile exploration as a self-taught sewer and fibre artist. This resulted in the Zinnia jacket, which I hand quilted using only scrap materials and raw waste wool.
Feeling constantly inspired by ideas of deep ecology, it has become inherent to me that true sustainability requires more than just material choices.
My hope is that these practices will contribute to the reframing of textile and agricultural spaces as one interdependent, living system.
Other brands I have worked with include Blacker Yarns, Thread Pegs, Bellacouche and Buvuma Forest.
zoemirving@gmail.com
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