Find your place in the Fibreshed.
Join a growing community of fibre producers, makers, growers, processors, artists and fibre-curious people working toward a resilient soil-to-soil textile culture in the West Kootenays.
A Fibreshed thrives through relationship.
Membership is one way we stay connected, support shared learning, strengthen regional fibre networks and build the relationships needed for a resilient soil-to-soil fibre system. Whether you are simply curious about regional textiles or actively working somewhere within the fibre cycle, there is a place for you here.
Choose how you want to participate.
Both membership levels support the long-term work of the Fibreshed. Producer Membership adds opportunities to participate more directly in the organization and regional fibre network.
A regional fibre economy is not built by one organization. It is built through relationships between people, land, materials and skills.
What does each membership include?
Supporter Membership is a simple way to stay connected and sustain the work. Producer Membership is designed for people who want to participate more directly in the network, whether you grow, process, dye, design, make, compost or are still finding your place within the fibre cycle.
Membership supports more than membership perks.
Skills stay in the region
Membership helps sustain workshops, mentorship, shared tools and opportunities to learn regional fibre skills together.
People find one another
Growers, processors, artisans and fibre-curious people become more visible to one another, creating new relationships and possibilities for collaboration.
A soil-to-soil culture grows
Every relationship strengthens the larger regional system needed to move fibre from land to cloth and, ultimately, back to soil.
You do not need to be an expert to belong here.
Our community includes seasoned artists and producers, people beginning new fibre practices, gardeners, growers, land stewards and people who are simply curious about where textiles come from.
We want the Fibreshed to be a place where people can learn, contribute and build relationships at different stages of experience. We are committed to listening, learning and creating a community where varied experiences and perspectives strengthen the work we do together.
There are many ways into a Fibreshed. Membership is one of them.
Come into the loop.
Become a member and help grow a regional textile culture rooted in land, relationship and shared skills.
Become a Member