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Liflad Thoughts

Zoe Gilbertson

On creating new livelihoods more in balance with the living world. Dancing with possibilities for fibre, textiles and what we currently call fashion.

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I Grew Flax and it was Transformative

Hi! My name is Sophie, this post is to share a little about me and to explain why I’m joining Zoe Gilbertson at Liflad.

Sowing Flax on Dartmoor

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I live in South Devon and I’ve been working in textiles for the past 13 years....

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Introducing Common Cloth Works

It’s been over two years since I undertook a big train journey across Europe to explore bioregional resilience and it’s relationship to flax. As you’ll probably be aware, I explored agriculture, small-scale processing, spinning infrastructu...

2 months ago
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Small-scale supply chains in action

This is the second instalment of a talk I gave at Cambridge University in 2025 called ‘‘provisioning a place-sourced, bioregional future through natural systems and small supply chains’. It’s a few months late because I forgot to post it, o...

3 months ago
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Revisiting the Nova Scotia Flax to Linen Ecosystem

As I sit on another long European train ride, I’m reflecting on the journey undertaken two years ago to explore ‘bioregional resilience through bast fibres’ supported by a Churchill fellowship. I am remembering the knowledge I absorbed and...

3 months ago
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Rethinking Supply Chains

I recently had the pleasure of giving a keynote talk at Cambridge University. Darshil Shah, the brilliant academic who organised the summer school on biomaterials put me first to broaden the system perspectives of the phd and early career r...

6 months ago
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    A designer learning to let go, whilst retaining agency to act. Research, practice, enterprise and education. Towards ecological livelihoods and resilient communities.

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