Warped and Wasted is seam’s ambitious project for 2025, which will focus on textiles, sustainability and collaboration.

seam textile collective are absolutely thrilled to share that they have been awarded funding from Arts Council England! This incredible support, along with their crowdfunder success, means that all of the proposed events and activities for their Warped and Wasted project will go ahead – so get your diary out and pop these dates in!

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The exhibition

Warped and Wasted will open at 10am on Saturday 23 August at ACEarts. This ambitious exhibition will showcase the work of 14 seam members who have been working together to create an experimental, large-scale, collaborative art installation, made with 100% waste, existing second-hand or biodegradable materials.

🧵 Warped and Wasted
📆 23 August-11 October 2025
📍 ACEarts, Market Place, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7NB 

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The artists 

There will be an opportunity to meet the seam artists exhibiting in Warped and Wasted, and to discuss their work with them, on Saturday 30 August, 11am-1pm.

🧵 Meet the Artists 
📆 30 August 2025
📍 ACEarts, Market Place, Somerton, TA11 7NB 

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The symposium 

Join the conversation on Friday 3 October at Textile Talks; textiles, sustainability and collaboration, where seam collective and invited speakers will discuss themes of sustainability and regeneration in textile art. This one day event will be held at Somerton Parish Rooms and ACEarts. Early bird tickets are now available here. We also have a limited number of discounted student tickets so, if you’re a student, buy yours today.

🧵 Textile Talks; textiles, sustainability and collaboration
📆  3 October 2025
📍 Somerton Parish Rooms + ACEarts, Market Place, Somerton, TA11 7NB