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Toorstories of Reptile Landings & Surrounding Settlements WAS SKILLFULLY HANDMADE BY FRANCES v.H Studio IN SOUTH AFRICA
PART OF THE 'Are We There Yet' COLLECTION.
THE STORY BEHIND THIS PRODUCT
As much as our work is informed by nature, we are most certainly inspired by all the spaces, faces, and places that occupy our daily. A specific home, an insular composition that caught the skyline at just the right time, highlighting shape and proportion.
We work from material-up instead of focusing on collection-down. Allowing the natural fibre and process to play a role in directing the works. As a result, some pieces emerge as planned, while others take twists and turns of their own as the mohair and hands of her makers weave and stitch textiles into form and narrative.
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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BEHIND THE SCENES AT FRANCES V.H STUDIO
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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