LANCASHIRE, United Kingdom—Two of the UK’s leading textile artists have been inspired by fabric printers in northern England for their latest exhibition. Michael Brennand-Wood and Caroline Bartlett were commissioned to create artworks exploring the fascinating heritage of Standfast & Barracks, one of the UK’s biggest fabric printers. Michael’s piece, ‘Ghosts in the Machine,’ will hang in the Lancaster factory’s dye house and will also be exhibited at Lancaster City Museum in March and April 2017 alongside Caroline’s site specific work. They were commissioned by new arts/heritage charity ‘Mirador’ which wanted to explore the fascinating history of the site which once made carriages for royalty; was an internment camp during the war which poet Robert Graves wrote about in ‘Good-bye To All That’ and for the past 90 years has been a fabric printer. Standfast & Barracks has an international clientele in the homeware and fashion markets, including leading designers like Ralph Lauren. Funded by Arts Council England, the exhibition in Lancaster will also include a garment designed and made by young Lancashire textile designer Katie Duxbury; a recreation of Standfast’s clock tower by makers Bonkers & Clutterb*cks; a piece by Cumbrian Minecraft expert and camera-less photography by Darren Andrews. For more details go to www.miradorarts.co.uk