Recycling. Textiles and Lace

A number of students are working on dissertations or final projects revolving around recycling. I will tackle the topic under different media, providing some visual stimuli. I have also responded to academic requests in more detailed emails, as there is so much material out there. Maria, hopefully you will have got my fuller email of ideas and links, but you were particularly interested in looking at recycling in textiles, lace and dyes. I will add some images here to inspire others.
Silvina Romero has used recycled scraps of textiles, dyed, re-woven, etc., to create jewellery.


Silvana Romero

  

























Amanda White doesn't resuse textiles, but uses vintage lace and ribbon and casts them in silver and gold, turning fluid fabric into metallic filagree. Barbi Touron converts bike inner tubes into lace-style urban jewellery.(Urban Lace)


Amanda White: Cast vintage lace


 

  

Fashion made from plastic bottles



Recycled Bottles




Recycled Bottles - Armour



Adhesif: Upcycled fashion

Well Fashioned Exhibition

Well Fashioned Exhibition

Bridget West: Pieces of You: Cushions made from care labels.

 



Terra Plana: High Street shoes from old textiles





Sophie Gorton recycled textiles





There is a huge amount of material in print and on the web, as, in an age of austerity, we are looking at reusing materials to both save money and save the planet.


Alison Willoughby: The Skirt



Emmeline Child sold her clothes through Top Shop, partnered with The Salvation Army, recycling/upcycling garments, with profits going back to the charity. Her label is Emmeline 4 Re.

Mia Nisbet likewise reuses textiles for her fashion line:

 

Lauren Stanley, like a number of textile artists, uses recycled threads for interior products.

Cal Lane creates beautiful lace like finishes using laser cutters on discarded metal.

There are so many sites to check out, but try the following:

(Re)Design

The Textiles Network

The Eco Design Directory

Beautiful uses for mundane things

Chandeliers offer the opportunity for wonderful flights of fancy, combining innovative contemporary design with delivering atmospheric effects to the spaces they light. They can also be made of things you would normally throw away, and yet look absolutely fantastic! Winnie Lui is a jewellery designer from Hong Kong, and creates either black or white chandeliers from found objects:

Stuart Haygarth has collected random pieces of plastic found on the beach, to create his chandelier 'Tide'. He has also created chandeliers out of old spectacles and used party poppers.
 

 Frying Pan Chandelier

Guerilla Girls: Tampon Chandelier

     Hanger lights                Heath Nash: Plastic Bottle Lights

Johanna Keimeyer: Plastic bottle Chandeliers

Madeleine Boulesteix's chandeliers  are created from kitchen utensils, glasses and cups.

And finally, a rather gruesome chandelier from the Czech Republic made of the human bones of plague victims.

More bottle art will be added in due course, including some interesting garments.