Entitled Felt Nation: Contemporary Mongolian Textile Art, it is the first exhibition to be shown in the UK in collaboration with the three main feltmaking associations based in Ulaan Baatar, the capital of Mongolia.

As well as decorative wall hangings and practical rugs and carpets, there are examples of highly colourful and imaginative items of clothing. Of particular note are the innovative hats portraying animal heads and the more avant garde, spiky punk rock head gear.Mongolians have produced felt for more than 2,000 years, making it an integral part of their lifestyle, using it for clothing, containers, furnishings and even the structure of their homes. It has also always been used as an important form of currency, a practice which is still common today.

The exhibition runs in the Scott Gallery in Hawick Museum until Sunday, September 28, after which it travels to Sweden before heading back to Mongolia.

The gallery is open weekdays 10am-12pm and 1pm-5pm and 2pm-5pm at weekends.