About
Kirsten Scott is a designer and practice-led researcher, whose work explores the meaning and potential of heritage craft traditions today, to argue for the value of the hand made and of indigenous knowledge systems in a technology-driven world that has lost its way.
Her current research explores heritage fibre, textile, craft and
clothing systems in the UK, as sacrifice zones to capitalist fashion.
She investigates the challenges to and opportunities faced in reviving these traditional knowledges, and the role of British material and aesthetic vernaculars in fostering emotional attachment to clothing in ways that
may incentivise us to keep, repair and pass on.
She has worked extensively in Uganda on fashion/textiles–related development projects, navigating ethical concerns, the legacies of colonialism and the realities of the fashion market.
Working across disciplinary and geographical boundaries, her slow, relational practice stands in opposition to the orthodoxies
of speed and growth.