The AWARE project
Artisan signature Ocean Dip Dye TextileDesign
On the quest to craft a sustainable production line; this journal is about my balinese Indigo and Handweaving study travel. This collection is for you that is looking for a transparent production line of naturally sourced textile with a social responsibility. In love and respect for nature and humans.
As a textile designer I am working towards re-shaping the industry. In recent decades industry practices have often bypassed the integration of the design process rooted in textile and material knowledge, moving straight to mass production led in-house teams focused on the consumer based industry which we can clearly see the result off, socially and environmentally.
What’s missing is an independent link between the customer and production - a platform for customized, small-scale enterprises, and where ART can thrive. A different business model, that can eventually replace mass produce and preserve meaningful production practices that are both responsible and sustainable.
The love of textiles, and learning the Art of tie dye from master dyers, let me create an original pattern - suggesting an Ocean dip dye to the fabric. Textiles that bring the love of the sea into your home. The dye process is a magical journey, where only time and air decide the outcome. The blue colour from the lush green Indigo to be found in the jungle, and through fermenting process ready to create the magical journey to blue, by oxidation.
An Ocean Dream
Made out of handspun and handwoven with ecological cotton, from Indonesian fields, in the community of tribal craftswomen, gatekeeping ancient wisdom, re telling stories to be never forgotten.
The Ocean as a massive dye of deep blue. A saltwater dip that has its imprints on the Aware Collection. The salty memory of summer, Ocean breeze in the hair and sun kissed skin. Long days spent outside, laughter of children, while the waves break on the beach.
Slow Fashion
Slow fashion is a sustainable and ethical alternative to fast fashion, inspired by the slow movement and the slow food movement. It involves local artisans, eco-friendly materials, quality manufacturing, and cultural and emotional connection to garments. //wikipedia
A Collaboration with the Textile design studio Pagi Motley north Bali, a studio dedicated to preserve natural dye and helped me to visualize an idea of a feeling of the ocean in a textile collection. Items for living, Beachtowel / Sarong, Day Dress, Throw and Cushion bringing the sea into your home.
Tie-dye
A term used to describe a number of resist dyeing techniques and the resulting dyed products of these processes. The process of tie-dye typically consists of folding, twisting, pleating, or crumpling fabric or a garment, before binding with string or rubber bands, followed by the application of dye or dyes. // wikipedia
At the heart of this vision is art: the special ingredient that turns textiles into expressions of individuality and purpose. Art may be the key to regenerative design. In the rush for trends and seasonal cycles, fast fashion has fueled mass production and waste, creating a ‘buy and throw’ culture that exploits both nature and people.
Botanical Colors
The majority of natural dyes are vegetable dyes from plant sources— roots, berries, bark, leaves, and wood —and other biological sources such as fungi. [1] Archaeologists have found evidence of textile dyeing dating back to the Neolithic period. //wikipedia
This approach is regenerative, envisioning a future of production that works in harmony with the environment and communities. Addressing the challenges within the textile industry requires rethinking design from the very beginning. Together, we can create textiles that honor and renew both resources and people, paving the way for a model rooted in respect and resilience.
Regenerative design
is about designing systems and solutions that work with or mimic the ways that natural ecosystems return energy from less usable forms to more usable forms. Regenerative design uses systems thinking and other approaches to create resilient and equitable systems that integrate the needs of society and the well-being of nature. //wiki
As a textile designer, i suggest a model, using practices of slow textiles, regenerative processes and art in the very creation process. Back we must go, to create a future.
