John Boyd Textiles

John Boyd Textiles

John Boyd textiles manufacture an almost unique product - Horse hair fabric.

Used on chairs and walls in some of the finest buildings in the UK, Europe and beyond, this traditional fabric is still produced on unique looms, built in a local Somerset town, and now over 150 years old.

The production process is a labour of love and it shows in the character of the people, working in a factory that has changed little in a hundred years.

The narrative is by the workers who produce the fabric. Most have never addressed a microphone before. Do you think it adds or detracts from the film?

Horse Tales was judged winner of the 'Icon Films Non-fiction film under 8 minutes' by representatives from Icon Films, Aardman Animations and other leading figures in the TV industry.

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