Sandra Junele

Sandra Junele has been working with waste thread and wool from the studio floor, re designating it as an exciting raw material to create fabrics that can be used for product design making decorative wall panels,  tough surfaces and lamp shades. 

"When should a material be classified as waste? As a future focused designer, I am dedicated to developing sustainable practices. It is crucial that we take responsibility for the lifecycle of the things we design and make. The key process I developed involved mixing the shredded yarn with glue which could then be formed and moulded into various shapes. As circularity is a fundamental part of this project, I used an organic homemade glue. This allows the final material to be broken back down, by placing it in water, and reused potentially endless times. The material is lightweight, dries firm and has many possible applications. Driven by a strong interest in interior design I have used the material to create bold wall panels exploring colour and form and celebrating the natural surface texture created by the yarn fibres. Further embellishment has been added with a range of sewing and mixed media techniques embedded within or added to the surface." Sandra Junele

Mauro Frazão

 

Mauro Frazão creates wall sculptures from wool using techniques from rug making. His soft flowing forms often inspired by landscapes and elements of nature.

Anya Paintsil

 

Anya Paintsil makes large works of 'hairy art' often incorporating her own hair, using a punch needle and a latch hook and borrowing from techniques used for rag rug making and punch needling both techniques are born of poverty and learned from her grandmother.

“The association with the domestic, the creative output of working-class women historically, and accessibility is also important to me: Rug hooking was most often carried out in the home by women with very basic and cheap tools and fabric. You can create very large rugs without needing a big loom or other types of expensive apparatus.” Anya Paintsil

These works are large and challenging not dainty and easily ignored.  

Jade Pegler

 

Textile compositions and sculptures by Jade Pegler using recycled fabrics and techniques of sashiko.

Arko

 

Incredible shapes and textures from layered stitched rice straw, by Arko.

Carole Fromenty

 Carole Fromenty creates embroidery using horse hair, making scribbly, hairy evocative portraits.