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Foreign Constellations WAS SKILLFULLY HANDMADE BY FRANCES v.H Studio IN SOUTH AFRICA
PART OF THE 'Are We There Yet' COLLECTION.
THE STORY BEHIND THIS PRODUCT
Inspired by Outa Lappies and his ability to create something out of nothing. With broken glass, picked up tins, a nail, and some wire you can create a cathedral of light.
This is our version of a textile stained-glass window, a thin veil separating us from a lost era. An attempt at capturing the translucent threads that hold us in place -a reminder that even though we may lie under foreign constellations, we are rooted in an inexplicable connection to each other, the land, the water, the sky, and a singular fish fossil struggling to morph into life above water.
HOW IT WAS MADE
STEP 1 - KAROO LANDSCAPE
STEP 2 - SOIL
STEP 3 - THE DELICATE ECO-SYSTEM OF THE KAROO PLANT-LIFE
STEP 4 - RAIN
STEP 5 - ANGORA GOATS
STEP 6 - HAPPY, HEALTHY ANIMALS
STEP 7 - FARMERS
STEP 8 - HERDSMEN
STEP 9 - WASHING & OPENING MOHAIR
STEP 10 - HAND-SPINNING
STEP 11 - HAND-DYEING
STEP 12 - WARPING
STEP 13 - WEAVING
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FRANCES V.H Mohair is a tiny women-led textile studio based in the Great Karoo, South Africa. Working purely with mohair, they focus on developing a variety of mohair textiles informed by a land-up approach instead of collection-down.
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FRANCES V.H Mohair is a tiny women-led textile studio based in the Great Karoo, South Africa. Working purely with mohair, they focus on developing a variety of mohair textiles informed by a land-up approach instead of collection-down.
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