Anjos

"Anjos" was made on a textile base of recycled leather, a wide range of layers of satin stitch in different lengths, goldwork with folded plaque, bullion knots and applied Swarovski crystals to finish up. It is part of "Carmen", a personal project that draws on my South American craft heritage through looking at artefacts my grandma collects around her house. Her questionable taste in décor (consisting of cross-stitched tablecloths, small sculptures; amateur paintings depicting women, saints and angels) inspired the clever play on good-taste/bad-taste that gives this textile collection its naïf vibe. Like most craft practitioners, I am obsessed by the idea that an item of clothing can require over a hundred hours to be made. The collection questions conventional perceptions that craft is limited to domesticity and amateurism by re-introducing the subject in a subversive language.