Home Made

BACKGROUND Home Made was included in the 2017 Slow Fashion Studio. It contributes to the broad field of slow fashion and the narrow field of textile design. The work explores how makers connect with people through the materials, techniques and objects they create. CONTRIBUTION The video and collection of textile objects (made from a deconstructed bath mat) tell the story of domestic ritual and home life. Simple traditional textile techniques (such as crochet and wrapping) transform a worn-out domestic textile into a collection of gentler offerings, some functional others not. Home Made is a practice-based example of; connecting, adapting and creatively working with textiles already in existence. The research positions textiles as a narrative tool alongside aesthetic and or functional objects. SIGNIFICANCE This work was selected by Dr. Jenny Underwood to exhibit as part of the 2017 Slow Fashion Studio in conjunction with the international touring exhibition Fast Fashion: the dark side of fashion held at RMIT Gallery. The Dark Side of Fashion was curated by Dr Claudia Banz, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hamburg in collaboration with DBU Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt and the Goethe-Institut.