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Textiles Department |School of Design
Toi Rauwhārangi |College of Creative Arts
Te Kūnenga ki Pūrehuroa |Massey Uni
Pōneke |Wellington
Aotearoa |NZ

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‘In Between Entities’
A screen printed textile collection that reflects on relationship with nonhuman beings inspired by Queer Ecology by @massey_textiles

Explore innovative, locally grounded approaches to fibre, materials and sustainability in Aotearoa.

Apply for a scholarship to study with Te Whiri Whītau research cluster at @toi_rauwharangi CoCA in 2027.

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@massey_textiles @masseyuni #researchthatmatters #cocaresearchcluster #futurefibres #circulardesign #scholarship by @massey_textiles

Kai & Kōrero with Paula Collier! Lots of cool insights from Paula on her practice and the mahi they do in the film industry. So neat to hear about our grads doing mahi with Paula and brining their specialist skill sets to the costume space.

Thanks for an awesome and generous kōrero @paulajaynecollier 🔥 by @massey_textiles

VOTE For Bun!

Sadie Alexander's honours work, For Bun, has been shortlisted for @artsthread Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2026 🎉
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"My work is an entirely sustainable, handmade quilt which explores how slow, contemplative textile processes can foster a reconnection with my practice, deepening both personal and material relationships. Emerging as a response to burnout, it honours my childhood self's fearless approach to creativity. As my University honours project, this was the result of a year of research through theory, experimentation and reflective journalling about the joy and connection that lies within the act of creating. I chose intentionally slow, strictly handmade processes to investigate mindfulness through making. Every element of this quilt has been lovingly crafted with my own hands, through natural dyeing, eco-printing, spinning, stitching, and felting with foraged and repurposed natural materials. I used only secondhand linen, cotton and wool fabric and fallen leaves, bark, vegetable waste and flowers. The front of the quilt is a textile collage through patchwork of many smaller, intuitive and experimental pieces of natural dyes and ecoprints.

The quilting yarn and batting were crafted from waste wool - the yarn hand spun from fiber and the batting created as one whole piece on a felt loom." by @massey_textiles

Join us next Friday October 2nd for Kai and Kōrero with @paulajaynecollier

Paula Collier is a Te Whanganui-a-Tara based costume textile artist with over 25 years' experience in film and television, developing textiles for productions in Aotearoa and internationally. As textile supervisor, she leads a team using processes of dyeing, screen printing and fabric construction to create wearable textiles for film genres including sci-fi, period and fantasy. Alongside this screen work, she maintains an independent practice across sculpture, textiles, installation and photography by @massey_textiles

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Aotearoa New Zealand and Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Fibre Practices for Regenerative Development and Design

Te Whiri Whītau x Journal of Textile Design and Research Practice invites researchers, makers, and practitioners to contribute to the special issue on Aotearoa New Zealand and Te Moana-nui-a-kiwa Fibre Practices for Regenerative Design. This call focuses on fibre, textile, material, and related research and creative practice in Aotearoa New Zealand and Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.

We welcome work that explores regenerative, place-based, and culturally grounded approaches to fibre and textile practice. If your practice or research engages with fibres, textiles, materials, or creative processes in this context, we encourage you to consider submitting.

Image: Taken by @sewithers in Falelatai, Sama'i, 2025. Lead weaver Aunty Taumafai in the centre, members of the Sama'i lau alo weaving gang. 🌴🌴🌴

#MasseyTextiles #CallForPapers #AotearoaNewZealand #TextileResearch #FibrePractices CreativePractice TeMoanaNuiAKiwa by @massey_textiles

Semester 1 2026 outcomes for 223157 Interwovens studio went on display at the library. Shoutout to @coca_librarians for looking after our tauira works and making the cool hand signs. We had nearly 50nstudents take this course, who learnt about weaving through various tools, different weave structures, introductory learning to fibre and yarn type while exercising transnational skills for structures. by @massey_textiles

🌱 Te Whiri Whītau Masters Scholarship for 2027 🌱

Applications are now open for Massey’s Te Whiri Whītau Masters Scholarship, supporting a Master of Design or Master of Fine Arts student whose research or creative practice explores place-based natural fibres and textile futures. The scholarship opens 13 July 2026 and closes 21 August 2026

We welcome proposals in areas such as, but not limited to:

Indigenous fibres and fibre techniques
Biomaterials and bioprocessing
Natural dyes
Paper making
Living systems approaches to design and development
Biodesign

If you’re ready to deepen your practice, contribute to innovative research, and be part of a future-focused creative community, this is your opportunity. Apply now and take the next step in your textile journey. Be sure to check eligibility criteria and/or get in touch with us if you have any patai ✨️

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#MasseyUniversity #TeWhiriWhitau #TextileDesign #Scholarship #CreativeArts MDes MFA AotearoaDesign NaturalFibres by @massey_textiles

🌿 WIKI 2: Kai and Kōrero: Muka Innovation in Aotearoa 🌿

📅 When: Friday 24 July, 12.00–1.00 pm
📍Where: Textile Design Classroom
🥗What to bring: A plate of kai to share—and yourself

Textile Design students are warmly invited to join us for a special Kai and Kōrero with Professor Faith Kane (Professor in Textiles) and leading member of Te Whiri Whītau – Fibre Research Cluster.
Faith will share insights from her participation in the Te Whānau Harakeke kaupapa, exploring contemporary muka innovation in Aotearoa and the exciting intersections between harakeke knowledge, research, sustainability, and textile practice.

Faith will also introduce the 2027 Te Whiri Whītau Master’s Scholarship, providing information for students considering postgraduate study and research opportunities in fibre and textile innovation.

Come along to learn, connect, and enjoy kōrero over a shared lunch. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear about current research in indigenous fibre innovation, explore future study pathways, and engage with conversations shaping the future of textiles in Aotearoa.

All Textile Design students are welcome. We look forward to seeing you there! 🌿✨

Image courtesy of Te Rangianiwaniwa 🌱 by @massey_textiles

And it's a wrap!!! Today marks the end of our Te Taiao exhibition at the Treehouse, Botanical Gardens . Thanks to the Team at Otari and the Treehouse for their support and congratulations to all the Textile Studio Surface Design students , all your hard mahi resulted in some beautiful work!#### by @massey_textiles

My work is on exhibition alongside the rest of my screen print class at The Treehouse at the Botanic Gardens!!
Thought I’d pop the information on here - definitely go check it out if you have the chance, it’s such a cool little exhibit and so much work was put into every single design :)
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