Artist Interview - Allan Brown

The Nettle Dress is a modern fairy tale about the healing power of nature and craft directed by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Dylan Howitt, released by Dartmouth Films in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from September 15.

Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress from scratch, using 14,400 feet of thread made from the fibre of locally foraged stinging nettles. In doing so, he relearns ancient crafts of foraging, spinning, weaving, cutting and sewing. Making a dress this way becomes devotional, helping Allan to survive the death of his wife, which leaves him and their four children bereft.

@nettledressfilm

@hedgerow.couture (Allan’s Instagram)

https://www.nettledress.org/

https://www.contemporaryhempery.com/

https://www.facebook.com/hedgerowcouture/

http://www.nettlesfortextiles.org.uk/wp/ 

https://www.sofst.org/