Journal

DOES IT NEED TO LOOK MEDICAL?

  As someone with a disability that is hard to spot from the outside, I'm often asked about the challenges presented by the “invisible nature of MS” and how to better make it clear to those arou...

CHALLENGING THE PERCEPTIONS OF WOMEN WITHIN MANUFACTURING

Did you know that 75% of the 60-70 million garment and textile workers around the world are women? When we talk about the abuse of workers’ rights, modern slavery and poor wages within the sector ...

INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE SCOTTISH TEXTILES

WE ARE TRULY OVER THE MOON TO SHARE THE NEWS THAT WE AT KALOPSIA, TOGETHER WITH THE HELP FROM SCOTTISH COMMUNITIES FINANCE, ARE LOOKING TO RAISE £100K TO HELP SECURE INVESTMENT FOR OUR NEW JOUR...

KALOPSIA WANTS TO CREATE AN INDUSTRY WE’RE PROUD TO BE PART OF

Engagement with the wider industry has also been a key part of what we do. The lack of communication in fashion and textiles is one of the key things that is holding us all back as an industry. ...

REIMAGINE HOW A TEXTILES FACTORY COULD LOOK LIKE - HOW ASSEMBLE BECAME ASSEMBLE

In 2016, back when we started manufacturing full-time, the world was a very different place. One thing was the same though, starting a textile manufacturer in Scotland was/is really difficult. ...

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE KALOPSIA GALLERY?

For nearly 5 years Kalopsia ran a program of Textiles art Exhibitions in a range of spaces across Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre in Edinburgh. Exhibiting work by an incredible collection of artis...

THE TURNING POINT FOR US AS A BUSINESS

It wasn't until 2016 that we managed to get a Social Enterprise status after years of striving for social change and improving the environmental impact of our business. Back then, Textiles and f...

A GOAL TO RAISE THE PROFILE OF TEXTILES

  Kalopsia Collective was founded 10 years ago in Norwich, England by Adam Robertson and Nina Falk as a textiles artist collective together with weaver Louise Weeden and creator Rachel Lobban. K...

KALOPSIA IS TURNING 10 YEARS

KALOPSIA IS TURNING 10 YEARS This week we are celebrating a decade of Kalopsia Collective!A very orange Textile company with a very green foundation. Join us for a week of posts looking at the hig...

MAKE A TWO-DIMENSIONAL BLUEPRINT FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT

Sometimes, as a fashion industry professional, I find people refer to my line of work as ‘just a bit of sewing’ without understanding that it entails a great deal more. The skill of sewing...