Bungendore Spinners and Grinners | FuturePLANS. There are many reasons why the practice of Traditional Crafts has an important place in contemporary life.Bungendore Spinners and Grinners commenced in August 2013 in recognition of the desire to explore a craft that employed simple tools to create yarn out of natural materials. Survival of human populations in the 21st century may depend not just on the creation of new technology to replace the old polluting juggernauts of the industrial era, but on knowledge and tried-and-true skills from past eras when fossil fuels were not available to supply all our energy needs. At a time when many people don’t know how to cook food let alone grow it or hunt it, knowledge of traditional survival skills is at an all-time low.
Most of our consumer goods are imported and local manufacturers have been unable to compete, closing down and relinquishing skilled workers who take their trade secrets with them. Once there was an economic imperative to engage in creative pursuits. Canberra Quilters Inc. Canberra Knitters. Machine Knitters Guild ACT & Region. Fibre Basket Makers of ACT. Embroiderers' Guild ACT. Craft ACT: Canberra Craft and Design Centre. ACT Textile Art and Surface Design Association. Canberra Region Feltmakers. Canberra Spinners and Weavers - Home. Australian Sewing Guild Inc. - Sharing and furthering the art of sewing.
ANCA -- Australian National Capital Artists. Ozquilt Network Inc: Australia's Organisation for Art Quilters. NSW Machine Knitters Association. The Australian Forum for Textiles Arts. National Association for the Visual Arts. Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association Inc. USA Surface Design Association.