Economic revival of textiles

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Historically, the textile sector has been important to the economic narrative of the 2 Seas area. This could once again be the case, albeit with smaller scale production than was seen in the previous century. Over the last decades, this sector has undergone a series of radical transformations, with a heightened focus on quality, design, innovation and high value-added products. In order to preserve this cultural heritage for future generations and to exploit the full economic potential of textiles within the 2 Seas area, organisations with expertise in this heritage and/or a stake in its future from Oudenaarde (B), Medway and Devon (UK) and Nord-Pas de Calais (FR) decided to pool their knowledge and competencies in the Crysalis Project. Crysalis will put a huge focus on public access to heritage collections and to traditional and new materials, technologies and skills, as well as using creativity and design as a driver for increased public participation in textile heritage. Crysalis will also promote textile entrepreneurship, support knowledge-sharing between textile stakeholders and facilitate the creation of new textile enterprises in the 2 Seas area.

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