Textural Cartography 10
2600,00
€
Sabrina Jauffret: “The Textual Cartography series has a deliberate material focus on upcycling reels of cotton, wool, and cashmere yarn, all of which are excess materials from former collections created by the Chinese luxury fashion company Icicle. These kindly donated reels of yarn cover an almost infinite spectrum of colours and an array of
refined textures, often unnoticeable in the context of assembled garments. Upon seeing the discarded yarn reels now out of season, I was inspired by the fleeting potential to breathe another life into these utilitarian threads whose whole existence was to hold fabrics together and offer a "supporting role" in the craft and refinement of garment creation. Garments that then go on to celebrate the bodies and aspirations of their future owners. For these yarns, it has always been about being the professional yet invisible part of a bigger collective creation. How might a creative process take the thousands of threads that are often discreet, utilitarian, and subtle and fully celebrate their materiality, undulations, and unburdened sense of responsibility in new ways? How might these reels of yarn become beautiful, intricate, and expressive in and of themselves? In exploring these questions, I landed on my process of softening the rigid construct of how the threads are tightly bound on cardboard reels for industrial use. By removing the formal structure that holds the reels together through a long and repeated process of soaking, drying, cutting, and gently guiding the threads, I began to see their own beauty and self-expression come to the fore as if unburdened by their functional responsibility. I was able to extract intricate subtleties in how these reels of yarn would unravel, fold, and overlay together without fabric and patterns as context. The compositions, free of stitching or weaving, feature a harmonious blend of soft hues, reminiscent of the varied landscapes one might find on a map. Each layer of yarn is hand-compressed yet rests unattached, allowing the raw edges and individual character of the materials to converge into an understated, abstract panorama. There's a delicate interplay of colors and textures that invites close inspection and suggests a story behind each chosen reel of yarn. The works hopefully remind us of the necessity to step back, zoom out, and reflect on the bigger picture. This is a subtle nod to the beauty of collective imperfection and
expression, our natural world, and the importance of seeing the unseen.
refined textures, often unnoticeable in the context of assembled garments. Upon seeing the discarded yarn reels now out of season, I was inspired by the fleeting potential to breathe another life into these utilitarian threads whose whole existence was to hold fabrics together and offer a "supporting role" in the craft and refinement of garment creation. Garments that then go on to celebrate the bodies and aspirations of their future owners. For these yarns, it has always been about being the professional yet invisible part of a bigger collective creation. How might a creative process take the thousands of threads that are often discreet, utilitarian, and subtle and fully celebrate their materiality, undulations, and unburdened sense of responsibility in new ways? How might these reels of yarn become beautiful, intricate, and expressive in and of themselves? In exploring these questions, I landed on my process of softening the rigid construct of how the threads are tightly bound on cardboard reels for industrial use. By removing the formal structure that holds the reels together through a long and repeated process of soaking, drying, cutting, and gently guiding the threads, I began to see their own beauty and self-expression come to the fore as if unburdened by their functional responsibility. I was able to extract intricate subtleties in how these reels of yarn would unravel, fold, and overlay together without fabric and patterns as context. The compositions, free of stitching or weaving, feature a harmonious blend of soft hues, reminiscent of the varied landscapes one might find on a map. Each layer of yarn is hand-compressed yet rests unattached, allowing the raw edges and individual character of the materials to converge into an understated, abstract panorama. There's a delicate interplay of colors and textures that invites close inspection and suggests a story behind each chosen reel of yarn. The works hopefully remind us of the necessity to step back, zoom out, and reflect on the bigger picture. This is a subtle nod to the beauty of collective imperfection and
expression, our natural world, and the importance of seeing the unseen.
lwh: 550x460x20 mm
Weight: 1000 g
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