I’m still buzzing from spending two days at the Textile and Place Conference in Manchester last week!
So many creative people generously sharing their knowledge, skills and expertise completely bowled me over. Each delegate had a different story to tell, but all under the title umbrella, and they told them in many different ways. I have to confess I had to look up just a couple of the words - ;) - not many, as the papers were very accessible and delivered with obvious passion.
This was my first proper, academic conference and, with hindsight, it might have been a good idea to attend a conference before I submitted a paper to speak at a conference! I was very nervous, but the seasoned delegates, who had delivered papers many times before, were extremely encouraging and said, actually they were nervous too. In fact, everyone I spoke to - delegates, organisers and helpers - were helpful, supportive and nurturing. So thank you all for that. Apparently this is not always the case at conferences for other disciplines! There must be something lovely about people who work with textiles. But we knew that already.
I didn’t take many photos as I was too busy, listening, talking and drinking it all in. Here’s just a few to give you a flavour. The first two are of me!
And finally,
“- and to the future!"
