Tag: fibre to fashion

Objects Are the Original Archive.

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date June 19, 2026

Objects carry culture across time — but only if they carry their mark. The hallmark, the maker’s seal, the stamp on the base of the pot: these are the mechanisms by which made things become documents of human history. The Geographical Indications Directory for Crafts, Industrial Products, and Cultural Works and the Southern Cross Mark are the infrastructure that ensures Australian cultural production enters the archive — at the moment of making, not after the story is lost.

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The Southern Cross Mark

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date May 7, 2026

Digital Product Passports become mandatory for EU textile imports in 2028. A DPP is only as credible as the provenance data behind it — and Australia needs a registry. The Southern Cross Mark and Registry, administered by CWA, is the verified provenance infrastructure Australian cloth producers need now, before the mandate takes effect.

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