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Description: This material would be suitable for a jacket or a sculptural piece as its stiff quality makes it shapeable and ideal for building silhouettes.

Textile/Material: A rough black material with contrasting stiff sprouts of flax forming an organic print. The material is both organic and graphic because of the gridded dot formation within the print.

Impact on Planet/People/Animals: The black wool base fabric was a deadstock leftover material sourced from the University of the Arts London. Flax is a more sustainable fiber alternative and could be combined with wool to reach a certain quality. It is grown quickly and easily, requires very few chemicals, and does not require irrigation during its cultivation.

Construction:

• Composition: 50% WO, 15% LI, 30% WM, 7% PA
• Raw Materials: Wool, Flax, Mohair, Polyamide
• Coloration: Piece dyed, Undyed
• Sourcing: UAL and Meaningful Crafts
• Weave: Weave + Non Woven

Circularity: The most sustainable way to recycle a fabric with various different raw materials like this one would be to shred the fabric into small pieces and break it down into fibers. It can then be carded which aligns the fibers and makes them ready to be felted again. Adding virgin fibers can improve its quality.

Recipe: Thick chunks of flax fiber were laid out in organic lines on the inside of the wool fabric. Using the industrial needle punching machine at studio Boldwool, the material was passed three times through the machine. I ensured to keep the flax side facing up towards the needles so that they would punch the fibers downwards through the wool base. The result is a gridded print with stiffer tufts poking through to form the print.