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 thin and thick material due to the flax layered on top. The navy blue linen base fabric has been pierced and lightly shredded, giving it a slightly rougher texture.

Impact on Planet/People/Animals: The navy linen base fabric was a leftover material from a designer's project. The impact of recycling old fabrics and repurposing what is already there is significantly more sustainable than using new materials. Flax fiber is also a more sustainable alternative, as it is grown quickly and easily, requires very few chemicals, and does not require irrigation during its cultivation.

Construction:

• Composition: 100% LI
• Raw Materials: Linen, Flax
• Coloration: Piece dyed, Fiber dyed
• Sourcing: Secondhand and Meaningful Crafts
• Weave: Weave + Non Woven

Circularity: The flax fiber can be removed from the sample and re-felted. A way the linen fabric can be recycled is by shredding the fabric into small pieces and breaking it down into fibers. It can then be carded which aligns the fibers and makes them ready to be felted again. Adding virgin wool fibers can improve its quality.

Recipe: Thick chunks of flax fiber were laid out in organic lines on the inside of the linen fabric. Using the needle punching machine, I passed the fabric through once. I then added more flax in certain spots to strengthen and thicken some areas. I repeated this process three times in total and 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 smooth flax print at the top and a stiff hairy texture underneath.