Indigenous Fish Skin Craft Revived Through Contemporary Fashion
The use of fish skin for the construction of garments and accessories is an ancient tradition shared by Arctic societies in coastal areas. Arctic peoples have maintained a strong relationship with the environment, developing a subsistence lifestyle depending on the marine environment’s animal resour...
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ftunivartslondon:oai:ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk:16038 2023-07-30T04:00:35+02:00 Indigenous Fish Skin Craft Revived Through Contemporary Fashion Palomino, Elisa Káradóttir, Katrín Phiri, Edwin Palomo-Lovinski, Noël 2020 text image https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16038/ https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16038/1/Indigenous%20Fish%20Skin%20Craft%20Revived%20Through%20Contemporary%20Fashion%20_palomino-phiri-karadottir.pdf https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16038/2/ILLUSTRATION%206.%20Atlantic%20leather%20fish%20skin%20tannery%20%C2%A9%202019,%20Avigail%20Reiner.%20.JPG https://oaks.kent.edu/iffti2020/iffti-2020-between-individual-and-society-community/indigenous-fish-skin-craft-revived en eng International Foundation of Fashion Technologies Institutes https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16038/1/Indigenous%20Fish%20Skin%20Craft%20Revived%20Through%20Contemporary%20Fashion%20_palomino-phiri-karadottir.pdf https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16038/2/ILLUSTRATION%206.%20Atlantic%20leather%20fish%20skin%20tannery%20%C2%A9%202019,%20Avigail%20Reiner.%20.JPG Palomino, Elisa <https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/view/creators/Palomino=3AElisa=3A=3A.html> and Káradóttir, Katrín <https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/view/creators/K=E1rad=F3ttir=3AKatr=EDn=3A=3A.html> and Phiri, Edwin <https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/view/creators/Phiri=3AEdwin=3A=3A.html> (2020) Indigenous Fish Skin Craft Revived Through Contemporary Fashion. In: IFFTI 2020: Between Individual and Society. THE COMMUNITY. International Foundation of Fashion Technologies Institutes, Kent, Ohio, USA. cc_by_nc_nd Fashion Design (Womenswear) Book Section NonPeerReviewed 2020 ftunivartslondon 2023-07-10T21:17:23Z The use of fish skin for the construction of garments and accessories is an ancient tradition shared by Arctic societies in coastal areas. Arctic peoples have maintained a strong relationship with the environment, developing a subsistence lifestyle depending on the marine environment’s animal resources for food and clothing. Arctic fish-skin crafthas become a way to communicate ecological change and traditional knowledge—effectively enhancing cultural resilience for the Arctic people. During the broad transformation occurring over the last century, Arctic indigenous peopleshave demonstrated resilience to systematic colonization and repression of their language, culture and native fishing rights as well as dramatic ecological changes in seafood security. This paper looks at the role of fish skin in the Arctic as a way to bridge knowledge and social justice between generations and cultures and to nurture resilience during times of change and transformation. Meanwhile, the use of fish skin by Arctic indigenous peopleshas recently been assimilated as a fashion sustainable material alternative to exotic leather,due to its lower environmental impact. The Atlantic Leather tannery, located on the north coast of Iceland, has been one of the main agents in the renaissance of the fish-skin craft. Processing fish leather since 1994, based on the ancient Icelandic tradition of making shoes from the skins of wolffish,revived ancestral tanning techniques. The tannery has brought this historic eco-luxury material back into fashion,providing blue jobs for coastal dwellers in remote rural areas, maintaining the viability of the fisheries sector,and attracting young people to work in them. This paper looks at Atlantic Leather’s role in preserving the rich cultural traditions that have been developed within the Icelandic fishing industry while processing fish leather, promoting social justice through inclusive jobs. Book Part Arctic Iceland University of the Arts London: UAL Research Online Arctic |
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The use of fish skin for the construction of garments and accessories is an ancient tradition shared by Arctic societies in coastal areas. Arctic peoples have maintained a strong relationship with the environment, developing a subsistence lifestyle depending on the marine environment’s animal resources for food and clothing. Arctic fish-skin crafthas become a way to communicate ecological change and traditional knowledge—effectively enhancing cultural resilience for the Arctic people. During the broad transformation occurring over the last century, Arctic indigenous peopleshave demonstrated resilience to systematic colonization and repression of their language, culture and native fishing rights as well as dramatic ecological changes in seafood security. This paper looks at the role of fish skin in the Arctic as a way to bridge knowledge and social justice between generations and cultures and to nurture resilience during times of change and transformation. Meanwhile, the use of fish skin by Arctic indigenous peopleshas recently been assimilated as a fashion sustainable material alternative to exotic leather,due to its lower environmental impact. The Atlantic Leather tannery, located on the north coast of Iceland, has been one of the main agents in the renaissance of the fish-skin craft. Processing fish leather since 1994, based on the ancient Icelandic tradition of making shoes from the skins of wolffish,revived ancestral tanning techniques. The tannery has brought this historic eco-luxury material back into fashion,providing blue jobs for coastal dwellers in remote rural areas, maintaining the viability of the fisheries sector,and attracting young people to work in them. This paper looks at Atlantic Leather’s role in preserving the rich cultural traditions that have been developed within the Icelandic fishing industry while processing fish leather, promoting social justice through inclusive jobs. |
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Indigenous Fish Skin Craft Revived Through Contemporary Fashion |
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Indigenous Fish Skin Craft Revived Through Contemporary Fashion |
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International Foundation of Fashion Technologies Institutes |
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https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16038/ https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16038/1/Indigenous%20Fish%20Skin%20Craft%20Revived%20Through%20Contemporary%20Fashion%20_palomino-phiri-karadottir.pdf https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16038/2/ILLUSTRATION%206.%20Atlantic%20leather%20fish%20skin%20tannery%20%C2%A9%202019,%20Avigail%20Reiner.%20.JPG https://oaks.kent.edu/iffti2020/iffti-2020-between-individual-and-society-community/indigenous-fish-skin-craft-revived |
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https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16038/1/Indigenous%20Fish%20Skin%20Craft%20Revived%20Through%20Contemporary%20Fashion%20_palomino-phiri-karadottir.pdf https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16038/2/ILLUSTRATION%206.%20Atlantic%20leather%20fish%20skin%20tannery%20%C2%A9%202019,%20Avigail%20Reiner.%20.JPG Palomino, Elisa <https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/view/creators/Palomino=3AElisa=3A=3A.html> and Káradóttir, Katrín <https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/view/creators/K=E1rad=F3ttir=3AKatr=EDn=3A=3A.html> and Phiri, Edwin <https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/view/creators/Phiri=3AEdwin=3A=3A.html> (2020) Indigenous Fish Skin Craft Revived Through Contemporary Fashion. In: IFFTI 2020: Between Individual and Society. THE COMMUNITY. International Foundation of Fashion Technologies Institutes, Kent, Ohio, USA. |
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