Innovative Flax Fiber Components
November 12 @ 6:00 pm
$17.85
Innovative Flax Fiber Components | Wed. Nov. 12, 2025 | 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person
The Promising Future of Flax for Clothing & Construction Materials in the Mid-Atlantic: Creating a Stronger, More Sustainable Society
The Museum for Art in Wood is hosting the PA Flax Project (Philadelphia, PA) and Common Object Studio (Baltimore, MD). This dynamic group will come together to discuss the many industrial uses of flax fiber, scaling production in the mid-Atlantic, and flax as an alternative to toxic building materials and textiles. There will be an array of samples from linseed oil to linen for participants to handle and learn about.
This interactive event is an exciting peek into the progress of the fiber flax industry in our region. We welcome interior designers, architects, textile industry professionals, artists, building contractors, sustainable developers, and community members passionate about real change towards a sustainable future.
About Common Object Studio:
We Are Fernando Ramirez & Justin Beitzel
Co-founders, designers, and explorers of Common Object Studio. At our core, we are industrial designers, but our diverse backgrounds in environmental design (Fernando) and engineering (Justin) drive us to think beyond the traditional process.
We are passionate about helping companies take steps toward sustainable solutions that consider both people and the planet, all while injecting fun along the way.
About PA Flax Project:
PA Flax Project is organizing farmers, creating infrastructure for processing, and making American linen possible again.
Fiber Flax is a resilient plant that requires little to no chemical inputs or irrigation, fits well into grain rotations, remediates soil, and has a proven history of growing well in Pennsylvania. Flax’s most valuable use is for linen production. Demand for linen grows as consumers turn away from synthetics and demand natural fibers. Flax can also be used in dozens of other products, making it a versatile and high-value crop. Flax has the potential to provide new revenue streams for hundreds of farmers in Pennsylvania alone.
But in order to become linen and other products, flax must be processed. There used to be a significant textile industry in PA, but the equipment and infrastructure are long gone. The United States has ample space for growing flax, but we lack the infrastructure for processing. PA Flax is well on the way to achieving our goal of putting 4,000 acres annually of fiber flax into production in Pennsylvania and establishing the first cooperatively owned scutching mill in North America by 2028.