BAUSÉN CRAFTWOMAN (Vall d'Aran) Carmen Sanz
http://bboton.blogspot.com.es/
CraftBoots nicely needled anyone interested contact by mail to : petons9@yahoo.es
OBRADOR XISQUETA
THEIR PHILOSOPHY
The closed cycle is the key to the project. If you buy the wool from shepherds and shepherdesses in our valleys at a fair price, if we train craftswomen/men localnes that can transform from the same area in the wool quality products, and if finally we make a direct sale from home, get a higher income by sector, new veins of employment linked to land and resources it provides direct revenues and fairer for whom it works. Therefore, autonomy, quality and sustainability are the 3 elements of the philosophy on which rests the project Xisqueta Obrador.
Xisqueta Obrador pays the wool (Merino) at a price between 0.18 c / kg (cross ewes) and 0.60 c / kg (sheep breed Xisqueta). The association wants to go slowly setting the price and selection criteria for setting the end of this yarn. Finally we want to give value to wool, now disused, through two lines: the craftsmanship and the use of wool as insulation for the bio-construction.
TRANSFORM FROM THE TERRITORY
The association has conducted numerous courses for professional and nonprofessionals. From here have come out a total of 9 artisans and craftsmen of wool, and a total of 12 participators in the project. These men and women are living in the same area where the wool is from, and make by hand designed quality products.
The sale will take place from the virtual store Xisqueta http://www.xisqueta.cat/ and specialized points of sale.
CLAUDY JONGSTRA
Design
Felt is a non-woven cloth made by compacting fibers into a matted fabric. It is the oldest form of fabric known to humankind, predating weaving and knitting.
The first stage in the felting process is to lay out layers of tufts of wool
The first stage in the felting process is to lay out layers of tufts of wool
Felting
There are three ingredients needed to make felt: wool, water, and soap.
Rubbing water and soap into the wool layers makes the fibers interlock, and the friction of continued rubbing results in the formation of felt.
Rubbing water and soap into the wool layers makes the fibers interlock, and the friction of continued rubbing results in the formation of felt.
Garden of dye-plants
Jongstra keeps her own hortus botanicus where national historic varieties of dye-plants grow.
This garden operates as laboratory for the dyes, but at the same time it is a source of inspiration. By breeding plants that have often become obsolete, she contributes to the preservation of heritage
This garden operates as laboratory for the dyes, but at the same time it is a source of inspiration. By breeding plants that have often become obsolete, she contributes to the preservation of heritage
Drenthe Heath sheep
Claudy Jongstra keeps the entire process from raw materials to end product in her own hands, so that she can operate independently and to be able to work sustainable. Jongstra tends her own flock of rare Drenthe Heath sheep, contributing to the survival of this age-old breed in the Netherlands and to the preservation of the natural landscape
NOKI / NOVOMATIC
more : http://www.novamatic.com/nokipress.htm
NOTES ON THE POLITICS AND AESTHETICS OF NOKI CUSTOM
At its most obvious, Noki custom mounts a challenge, a symbolic critique or even
a form of resistance, against mainstream, mass-market, homogenous and
depersonalised commodity fashion.
Where sportswear relies on brands and powerful logos to make its selling
proposition, Noki abducts these signs, reconfigures them, uses, abuses and
reuses them and creates the new and unorthodox.Oink. Not pis. Geddit?
With French philosopher De Certeau, the operations of Noki can be seen as
tactics of the weak, pitted against strategies of the strong. David’s fast and sneaky
movements, too fast for Goliath, strong, but slow and inflexible.
So, at its most obvious, the story of Noki is the story of resisting monolithic
corporations and their hardnosed profit mentality, wherein individuals are reduced
to passive but unfaithful consumers and clothes are objectified and turned into
mere ‘stock’, which needs to be invested with attractive myths and promises
through intensive marketing. While certain multinational clothes retailers design,
manufacture (outsourced to underpaid workers through a complex supply chain?)
and distribute the same bland jumper to identical outlets all across the world,
Noki custom makes one-off pieces. With care. With dedication. With aura.
The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction (the title of Walther
Benjamin’s famous essay) – it’s not always reproduced.
. . .
more on : http://www.novamatic.com/nokitext.htm
TALLER FLORA - Carla Fernández
http://www.designindaba.com/news-snippet/get-your-mba-di2011
From Mexico, Brazil and Africa, Design Indaba welcomes creatives from emerging economies, working for a sustainable and inclusive future.
Creatives in emerging economies are redefining the notion of design thinking and broadening the scope of what is possible through creativity, making it work for a better, more sustainable world. Expanding the meaning of the old adage that “necessity is the mother of invention”, designers in underdeveloped countries are increasingly using design to improve the lives of people, both socially and politically.
To share their thoughts on this, the 2011 Design Indaba Conference will welcome artist and architect Pedro Reyes, and fashion designer Carla Fenrandez from Mexico; product design collective Fibra Design Studio from Brazil; and The Global Africa Project curator Lowery Stokes Sims from New York.
University peers Bernardo Ferracioli, Pedro Themoteo, Bruno Temer and Thiago Maia from Brazil established Fibra in 2005. Believing that design is an ongoing process, this design studio works to facilitate the implementation of a sustainable economy that integrates local communities with cultural traditions.
Understanding the value of collective agency, Mexican artist Pedro Reyes’s work often incorporates community involvement at the intersection of design, film, architecture and pedagogy. His unconventional definition of sculpture allows him to develop innovative solutions to various social problems, such as “Shovels from Pistols” that encouraged the voluntary surrender of weapons, which were turned into spades.
Working in Mexican communities and beyond, Carla Fernandez’s fashion label Taller Flora is also a mobile design laboratory. Travelling throughout the country, the design laboratory visits community crafters that specialise in handmade textiles. Taller Flora’s business model is an admirable example of the benefits of tapping into a fair trade network and respecting the environmental policies that encourage sustainable practices in the fashion industry.
Meanwhile, New York-based Sims’s latest exhibition, The Global Africa Project, moves beyond mere objects and design systems, to look at the whole. The exhibition calls for the celebration and recognition of African creativity on a global scale, showing what the world can learn from Africa. It also interrogates the meaning of African art and design, vying for its rightful place in contemporary design collections.
Edurne Ibañez from Navarra (Spain)
Her blog : http://edurneibanez-entretres.blogspot.com/Hew web : http://edurneibanez.com/
Arty Recycling Fashion Disigner
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Liza Arico
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Big admiration for this Eco-Disigner from Argentina living in Paris, she has non blog or web, but you can find many articles and interviews in the net. 
