Pure Natural & Sustainable Materials

My textiles are made using natural, genuinely sustainable materials that are ethically and small-scale produced, without environmental or human exploitation. Wherever possible, I also work with surplus and waste natural yarns, integrating them into new woven compositions.

I aim to use fibres in their rawest possible state. For this reason, I primarily work with undyed and hand-spun yarns, significantly reducing the energy and water required in their production.

Wool is one of my most valued materials, both for its technical performance and its transformative character. With a heritage dating back thousands of years, it remains one of the most intelligent natural fibres available. It is naturally insulating, breathable, durable, odour-resistant, and biodegradable. As a renewable resource requiring minimal chemical processing, wool represents an ideal material for environmentally responsible textiles.

Beyond its functional qualities, I am drawn to wool for its responsiveness. Depending on the warp structure, weave pattern, and finishing process, the final textile can differ dramatically from its initial state on the loom. This capacity for transformation gives the material a sense of autonomy—almost as if it carries its own internal logic.

Alongside wool, I often work with a fine, undyed orange hand-spun silk from India, which takes its colour naturally from the plants consumed by the silkworms. Combined with undyed wool or recycled cotton, it produces a distinctly warm and luminous quality. I also work with a range of other natural fibres, including wild silk, recycled cotton, nettle, banana, bamboo, hemp, jute, raffia, and linen.

I prioritise the use of undyed materials not only for environmental reasons, but also because I believe that fibres possess an inherent beauty that does not require excessive processing.

Nature is already complete in itself. My work aims to engage with that completeness—rather than to overwrite it.