Ethical By Design Tour India
A$4,005
of $4,000 targetyrs ago
Successful on 24th Aug 2015 at 5:52AM.
We are aspiring textile designers preparing to embark on a great adventure. Studying Textile Design & Development at RMIT, we've been invited to participate in a 15 day study tour of India late August-early September 2015. This opportunity is a game changer - where our night school musings will be catapulted into the stratosphere of textile Mecca.
With Fashion Revolution Day* done and dusted for another year, we're still asking: "who made my clothes?" We will meet the makers of the worlds clothes & begin establishing ethical trade relationships at the outset of our design careers. We want to make every effort to produce wares that positively impact the people who help us make them, while mitigating the impact production has on the environment. The only way to do this with confidence is to go to the source!
We will visits large scale industrial mills in Delhi, small scale print production houses in Bagru and Sanganeer, attend block printing and dying workshops in Pushkar; meet with arts and cultural conservation foundation Happy Hands; & undertake a educational cultural exchange project at the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Delhi.
Please help us seize this once in a lifetime opportunity. You will be supporting the keenest (and most grateful) aspiring textile designers India has yet to meet.
[*On 24 April 2013, 1133 people were killed and over 2500 were injured when the Rana Plaza factory complex collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Social and environmental catastrophes in our fashion supply chains continue. Fashion Revolution says enough is enough].
With Fashion Revolution Day* done and dusted for another year, we're still asking: "who made my clothes?" We will meet the makers of the worlds clothes & begin establishing ethical trade relationships at the outset of our design careers. We want to make every effort to produce wares that positively impact the people who help us make them, while mitigating the impact production has on the environment. The only way to do this with confidence is to go to the source!
We will visits large scale industrial mills in Delhi, small scale print production houses in Bagru and Sanganeer, attend block printing and dying workshops in Pushkar; meet with arts and cultural conservation foundation Happy Hands; & undertake a educational cultural exchange project at the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Delhi.
Please help us seize this once in a lifetime opportunity. You will be supporting the keenest (and most grateful) aspiring textile designers India has yet to meet.
[*On 24 April 2013, 1133 people were killed and over 2500 were injured when the Rana Plaza factory complex collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Social and environmental catastrophes in our fashion supply chains continue. Fashion Revolution says enough is enough].
How The Funds Will Be Used
Our funding target covers a portion of our basic travel cost which are:
- Airfares $1320 each
- Land Arrangements $2716 each:
- guide
- accommodation
- bus and train travel
- woodblock carving and printing workshop
Any funds raised beyond our target will be used to support cultural and community initiatives such as Happy Hands Foundation who are "committed towards the revival of traditional/folk art and craft and empower rural artisans (particularly women and young people) to lead community development activities and craft entrepreneurship."
- Airfares $1320 each
- Land Arrangements $2716 each:
- guide
- accommodation
- bus and train travel
- woodblock carving and printing workshop
Any funds raised beyond our target will be used to support cultural and community initiatives such as Happy Hands Foundation who are "committed towards the revival of traditional/folk art and craft and empower rural artisans (particularly women and young people) to lead community development activities and craft entrepreneurship."
Follow us!
Access to a funders-only Facebook group that uploaded with all kinds of amazing wonders & stories from our journey. Expect a colour explosion!
1 chosen
Est. delivery is Aug 15
Digital high-five
We'll give you a very personal but very public social media shout out of thanks! + Access to a funders-only Facebook group updated daily with all the weird and wonderful of our journey.
0 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 15
Refresh your fridge
Kicking it old school. A post card from the group. Guaranteed to be beautiful (or fabulously tacky) with at least an attempt at hilarity. Comic genius cannot be guaranteed. But unpredictable postage time can! + Access to a funders-only Facebook group updated daily with all our digital musings!
8 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 15
Your name up in lights!
A pick-me-up better than a double shot single origin on your way to work. This is your ticket to notoriety and a smile. We'll write "*YOUR NAME* GOT US HERE!" on a big sheet of paper and take a picture of us holding it in front of an a-maz-ing (besides us)! + The most weird and wonderful postcard we can find + Access to a funders-only Facebook group, which we will be updating with all of our adventures (and of course your brag-tastic picture).
4 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 15
Portrait
Ever wanted your portrait done? Send us a picture of you or a loved one and we will create an original portrait. Here's lookin' at you, kid! (Lou's quick and quirky self-portrait pictured) + Access to our pledgers-only Facebook page where you can follow our journey and maybe even see your portrait in production!
6 chosen
Est. delivery is Nov 15
Knitted necklace
Get your very own knitted necklace made by us! We have sourced some beautiful recycled yarns waiting to be turned into a one-of-a-kind textile creations. Pictured is the most recent batch that has literally had people stopping in the streets to ask where they can be bought! + Access to our funders-only Facebook page to receive all the updates from our journey. You may even see your knitted gift in the making!
6 chosen
Est. delivery is Oct 15
Original artwork
An original artwork. We are painters, illustrators, weavers & general makers of all manner of things. We anticipate a rush of India inspiration & will have our pens and brushes at the ready! (Lou's watercolour pictured). + Access to the the funders-only Facebook group where you may witness the birth of an idea or the production of your original piece artwork.
7 chosen
Est. delivery is Oct 15
Carved woodblock print
Using our woodblocks carved by an Indian master, a woodblock design printed on handmade paper (Morgana's woodblock pictured) + Postcard from the group + Your name up in "lights". We'll write "*YOUR NAME* GOT US HERE!" on a big sheet of paper (or something more exciting if we find it) & take a picture of us holding it in front of an AH-MAZ-ING! + Access to a funders-only Facebook page updating daily with treats from the trail.
3 chosen
Est. delivery is Oct 15
Original silk scarf
Be the first to wear one of our original designs! Pick from 5 designs printed on a 100% silk scarf (an example of one below!) + A woodblock print on handmade paper of the same design + A picture of the group with "*YOUR NAME* GOT US HERE!" written on the most interesting thing we can find in the most interesting place we find ourselves. + Access to the funders-only Facebook page where you you may witness the birth of a design idea for your scarf!
2 chosen
Est. delivery is Nov 15
The mother ship
Our undying gratitude expressed on a hand illustrated postcard + Be the first to wear one of our original designs! Pick from 5 designs printed on a 100% silk scarf (design example below) + We'll write "*YOUR NAME* MADE OUR DREAM A REALITY" on the biggest piece of paper (or something more exciting if we can source it) & take a picture of it with the group in the most beautiful/ crazy place we find ourselves + Hosted morning tea to hear about the adventure you made Pozible!
0 chosen
Est. delivery is Nov 15
Infinity scarf
Arm knitted infinity scarf with luxuriously soft wool yarn + Access to the pledge-only Facebook page to watch our journey
2 chosen / 0 available
Est. delivery is Sep 15