I'm Izzy Manley / Worn to Threads. 

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I originally have a background in Fine Art (BA) from the University of the West of England (UWE), including an Erasmus+ placement at Universität der Künste, Berlin for six months. 

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After graduating in 2019, I then undertook a Research and Steward Fellowship with the British Council at the Venice Arts Biennale. While there, I researched the destructive relationship between Venice’s lagoon and human consumption of culture.

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This left me wanting to learn more about what a positive relationship between the arts, the environment, and people could look like, so I studied (MSc) Sustainable Development in Practice (also at UWE) and graduated in 2023. Meanwhile, I started sewing for myself and eventually for other people. I just fell in love with creating using textiles. This is how Worn to Threads began; combining textiles, art, sustainability, and research.

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All pieces are made by me in my home in Bristol, UK.