THE LIMEDHAKA WEAVERY
by Yasmin Satter
Stitching the gap between the maritime history and settlement patterns in Limehouse, the LimeDhaka Weavery produces Dhaka Muslin, a textile which was once the height of luxury but adandoned due to the East India Company corrupting the process. The Weavery takes visual elements from the sterlility of Limehouse and Bangladesh's industrial past (particularly the rope factories and 2013 Rana Plaza Incident, respectively), and merges it with modernist and modern understandings of production. Cotton is tested in an on-site lab and greenhouse, and growing methods are used on a sister site in Bangladesh. The cotton is then sent to the factory to be processed into fabric, then sold to the local community. The building contains spaces designated to five grouped processes- raw, thread, warp, weave, and finish. It sits on tall legs towering above the neighbouring houses to not disturb their view, and be visable by the Bangladeshi community, who don't live near the Thames due to the socioeconomic value of the river.
