HAND WEAVING AND
SUSTAINABLE CRAFTING
The accelerated pace of our lives has made consumption both compulsive and unsustainable. Objects have become impersonal as if out of nowhere. To consume is now a mere transaction that erases the shadows but also the richness of the hows, wheres and whos.
HAND WEAVING AND SUSTAINABLE CRAFTING
The accelerated pace of our lives has made consumption both compulsive and unsustainable. Objects have become impersonal as if out of nowhere. To consume is now a mere transaction that erases the shadows but also the richness of the hows, wheres and whos.
Crafting is one of the ways we can challenge this programmed obsolescence. It does so by recuperating the life and histories of the products we consume. Every object has a maker, which transfers care, intention and dedication providing it with a soul.
Through a long and quiet process of creation, I experience the art of hand weaving as a healing process in which the maker and what it makes become one.
Crafting is one of the ways we can challenge this programmed obsolescence. It does so by recuperating the life and histories of the products we consume. Every object has a maker, which transfers care, intention and dedication providing it with a soul.
Through a long and quiet process of creation, I experience the art of hand weaving as a healing process in which the maker and what it makes become one.
From the initial idea to its materialisation multiple steps need to be considered and each one of them requires of its time. This process starts from the choice of appropriate materials and colours (occasionally dyed by me with what nature in my surroundings offers). Once this careful selection is made I elaborate the design, prepare the warp and work on the loom through intricate calculations. I continue with long hours spent weaving in a meditative manner. The process ends with the washing of the piece which then needs to be prepared to reach its delicate final form.
It is through this process that each piece becomes unique, embodying my inner self to be also yours.
From the initial idea to its materialisation multiple steps need to be considered and each one of them requires of its time. This process starts from the choice of appropriate materials and colours (occasionally dyed by me with what nature in my surroundings offers). Once this careful selection is made I elaborate the design, prepare the warp and work on the loom through intricate calculations. I continue with long hours spent weaving in a meditative manner. The process ends with the washing of the piece which then needs to be prepared to reach its delicate final form.
It is through this process that each piece becomes unique, embodying my inner self to be also yours.