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Discarded headscarves make a statement on oppression
March 1st, 2025
Iranian-Australian designer Nila Rezaei has been creating stadium seating from donated headscarves and recycled polymers in a project called Crafted Liberation; women in Iran are generally barred from stadiums, and appearing in public or online without a head covering can be punished with prison time. Image: RK Collective/Alex Smith To illustrate the oppression of Iranian […]
Artist exhibits smart embroidery to bring attention to craft
January 1st, 2025
Artist Hiroko Otake collaborated with &T, a new art brand created by embroidery equipment manufacturer Tajima, to create works for DESIGNART Tokyo 2024 in October. Artwork included Flow and Movement (above and below). The goal of &T is to raise the profile of embroidery. Image: Tajima Flow and Movement. Conductive thread and LEDs on the […]
Lacemaking tradition inspires 3D-knit sculpture
August 1st, 2024
To create the Common Thread sculpture, design studio SO – IL used black and white rPET yarn knit at different ratios to create the varying shades of gray. The yarn was made from recycled bottles and knit with a Steiger industrial knitting machine. It took three months to create, and installation at the secluded site […]
Denim waste becomes a jet plane (artwork), cabinetry
July 1st, 2023
Artist Maartin Baas wanted to make a statement about the tension between people’s desire for the “new” and the need to actually have less and use fewer resources. Though the plane is just a metaphor, the jeans cabinets, made from recycled denim board, are available for purchase. Photos: G-Star One company’s textile waste is another’s […]
Textile artist wins UK craft award
June 1st, 2023
Vira in My Garden, 2022. A textile artist took the top contemporary craft prize for U.K.-based artists this spring out of 400 artists of varied disciplines, with the winning pieces joining the U.K. Craft Council’s national collection. The winning works will be on display this summer in London, England. Artist Alice Kettle, presented by Candida Stevens […]
Inflatable textile art shown by Dior in Paris
May 1st, 2023
The inflatable artwork, containing 25 components, was produced in collaboration with Dior, Paris. It is made of 20 different Dior fabrics, woolen crochet, ornamentation, LEDs, and polyester. It measures 24 meters by 21 meters by 6.8 meters (78.7 feet by 68.9 feet by 22 feet) and weighs more than a ton. Photos: © Lionel Balteiro […]