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Studio Foliage
Recycled fabric, soft plastic
2025
Photographed at No Vancancy Gallery by Miro Wilkinson
Laborious art forms like knitting challenge the fast-paced, profit driven textile industry through its slowness and mindfulness. Studio Foliage uses discarded fabric from my studio floor, with repetitive stitches echoing both industrial automation and natural patterns like cells, leaves, and DNA. This work uses contemplative knitting to replicate the environment we are destined to destroy through continued unsustainable textile production.
Bio(me) was a part of Melbourne Design Week 2025 a part of the theme ‘Design the world you want’. Curated by Spiraro, the exhibition features 26 artists working with waste and biomaterials.
As more makers and designers actively reflect on the impacts of their production methods, a shift toward more thoughtful and responsible creation is emerging. Bio(me) is a group exhibition exploring the intersection of art, design, material innovation and sustainability. Artists and designers will manipulate waste and biomaterials to create works that challenge conventional perceptions of permanence and decay.
https://designweek.melbourne/event/biome/