A Time to Sow Where Waste Meets Design, ArtHouse Jersey, June-July 2022
Cheap replacements exist for many items, some modern agricultural implements are made from plastic and painted metal, constructed in a way that makes repair impossible.
These long discarded tools were repairable, but they needed an investment of time, knowledge and skill, it’s this investment that must be acknowledged by the user to ensure the tool is valued and maintained and desired over the temptation of the new and cheap.
Old agricultural hand tools, handle replacements hand planed and carved from locally harvested cobnut poles, pigments from soot and indigo.
Knit Jersey. Where Waste Meets Design, Art House Jersey, June-July 2022
Knit where? Jersey; a small island. A knitted garment with long sleeves. A knitted cloth. Based on an image of a fisherman’s Jersey in the archive at the Société Jersiaise. The yarn is a blend of the un-dyed, natural colour fibres of the Hebridean and the Castle Milk Moorit, both rare breed sheep. Representing over 70 hours work, the sweater is knitted in the round without seams, on fine gauge needles to provide a dense fabric for repelling inclement weather.
