Nettle Clothes

RAI00351
Note

Nettle Clothes

Collection title

Geo & Geo

ID

RAI00351

Source

RAI (IT)

First broadcast date

10/23/2008

Production year

2008

Abstract

Nettle is suitable for many uses, especially in industry . In the province of Prato, in Tuscany, we discover the use of nettle in the textile industry. The fibers of the plant are used to make clothes. Interview with Laguidotti Grazia, a professor at the Faculty of Architecture of Florence, where she teaches the art of hand weaving. she shows us how to turn the fibers derived from nettle by using a framework. Exhibition of "New Materials" and original clothes in Florence : presentation of prototype jackets and jeans made from nettle fiber.

Type

video

Production companies

  • RAI - Own production

Broadcaster

RAI - RAI Tre

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Techniques and technologies

Credits / Cast

  • Pagnani Lucilla - Author of original work

Period of events

  • 2008

Map locations

  • Italy - Centre - Tuscany

Original language

Italian

Media running time

14m20
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