PAUL HARNDEN ARTICLE IN SOME/THINGS CHAPTER005

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER005 FEATURES THE FIRST EVER INTERVIEW WITH PAUL HARNDEN, A UK BASED DESIGNER, BY DEREK THOMSON ACCOMPANIED BY RUSHES FROM HIS & STUART PITKIN'S SUPER 8 FILM 'PATTERN MILL'

PAUL HARNDEN / ...WE'RE PRODUCING A FILM ABOUT THE PATTERN MILL & ITS DIRECTOR, GORDON HAWLEY. IT’S JUST AMAZING THAT IT’S STILL HAPPENING LIKE THAT IN 2011. I MEAN, IT COULD BE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, COULDN’T IT? THE MACHINES ARE ANCIENT. THEY’VE GOT ABOUT 40 LOOMS GOING AT ONCE. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF MOVING PARTS ON JUST ONE OF THESE LOOMS. IF JUST ONE COTTER PIN BREAKS, YOU CAN IMAGINE— WHEN IT GOES WRONG, IT REALLY GOES WRONG. & ALL IT TAKES IS A HEALTH & SAFETY GUY TO COME IN & SAY ‘WE’RE CLOSING IT DOWN, IT’S TOO NUTS.’ & IT’S OVER. WE'RE MAKING THE FILM TO RECORD IT FOR POSTERITY. IT'S PART OF OUR HERITAGE. THESE THINGS TAKE GENERATIONS TO DEVELOP, & THEY’RE GONE IN A SECOND AREN’T THEY? I’M REALLY PROUD OF THE WAY THEY’RE WORKING THERE. I JUST WANT TO RECORD IT. THEY’RE NOT MAKING THAT MUCH MONEY, IT’S ON A WING & A PRAYER, YOU KNOW. & WHEN GORDON RETIRES, THE HISTORY IS GONE. THIS IS THE LAST PATTERN MILL IN THE WORLD...



THE LAUNCH OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER005 ON 30TH SEPTEMBER AT SOME/THINGS SECRET GALLERY WILL INCLUDE THE PREMIER SCREENING OF PAUL HARNDEN & STUART PITKIN'S 'PATTERN MILL', CO-PRODUCED BY SOME/THINGS AGENCY WITH PARTICPATION FROM SONG BOUTIQUE VIENNA

EACH COPY SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER005 / SHE HAS NO STRINGS APOLLO OF WILL INCLUDE A DVD COPY OF THE FILM. PREORDERS AVAILABLE AT OUR ONLINE BOUTIQUE