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Creative Projects Rooted In Place, Heritage & Community 

Amanda Haran

Flax retting in a Derbyshire garden as part of Amanda Haran’s community flax project reviving heritage fibre skills
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Contemporary Community Textile Artist Derbyshire

As a contemporary community textile artist, I create projects that explore sustainable materials, heritage storytelling and collective making. This page brings together a selection of the community-led workshops, exhibitions and collaborations I've developed — rooted in care, curiosity and a deep connection to people and place.

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I've grouped my projects around themes that matter most to me: creative wellbeing, community voice, heritage and legacy. These strands reflect both my lived practice and the priorities of Arts Council England's Let's Create strategy — showing how textile work can connect place, people, and possibility.

Amanda Haran participating in a collaborative textile banner workshop as a contemporary community textile artist

Contemporary Community Textile Artist Derbyshire

About My Projects

Historic Derbyshire flax mill featured in Amanda Haran’s textile heritage research and community art practice

Contemporary Community Textile Artist Derbyshire

Heritage & Place
Community Voice
About
Wellbeing

Community Voice & Social Change

Through textiles, I create spaces for dialogue, resistance, and collective hope. These projects focus on gender justice, radical kindness, and reimagining how we care for one another and the world.

International Women’s Day Clootie Event

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Collaborative textile installation inspired by woodland culture, place and seasonal connection.​

The Coventry Clootie Lantern

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A large-scale community sculpture built from fabric strips and light — symbolising hope, loss and renewal.

Advice To Your 15-Year-Old Self

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Participatory project inviting women to stitch and reflect on their teenage selves honouring hindsight and healing.

Heritage, Place & Identity

I'm passionate about uncovering the textile stories hidden in our landscapes. These works explore local craft, working-class voices, and the legacy of making — all rooted in the everyday creativity of place.

Riddings Community Flax Project

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Reimagining Derbyshire’s forgotten flax heritage through growing, making and community storytelling.

The Herbert's Community Garden

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Nature-connected creativity and textiles in a shared garden space for wellbeing and intergenerational exchange.​

The Turner Prize: Array’s Legacy

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Community response exploring political power and collective resistance through Array Collective.

Nature, Wellbeing & Creative Health

These projects explore the quiet, nurturing power of making. Whether walking through forests or stitching mindfully, I use natural fibres and gentle practices to support reflection, wellbeing and environmental care.

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Walking Forest: Art, Nature, Activism

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A creative climate justice movement connecting women, land and story through ritual, fibre and protest.

Beneath The Trees Festival

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Participatory textile project creating space for reflection, voice and creative confidence across generations.

Mindful Stitching Techniques

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A series of calm, inclusive workshops where we stitched with intention — using thread as a tool for wellbeing.

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Creative Legacy

Exhibitions & Creative Legacy

Some projects grow quietly. Others shine on national stages. This work showcased how community-rooted textile practice can contribute to wider cultural legacy and civic pride.

The Turner Prize City Of Culture

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A community led programme centred on access, creativity and legacy - confidence in a cultural space.

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