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23-31 October 2027
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Natural elasticity - W.I.Y.S.S?

Influence of overspunnen woollen yarns on material expression, exploring biracial identity and the dissonance between identity and perceived identity.

Hosted by Miriam Scheller

This project is now archived and was part of DDW23

This project is part of
EXIT 2023
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ODO - wool, linnen, silk
ODO - wool, linnen, silk
Photographer: Constantin Dehn/ Model: Isata Kamara
W.I.Y.S.S?- What is your second skin? explores biracial identity and the dissonance between identity and perceived identity. Body and symbol become one, interchangeable, and influence each other. Made with an overtwisted woollen yarn, the knitted tubes distort and abstract the human form.

How are you precived?

Natural elasticity - W.I.Y.S.S? focuses on reactionary knitwear design and explores the author’s Igbo heritage through the use of colour, rituals, and patterns. The high elasticity and structure of the woollen elastic yarn enable different transparency levels and allow the patterns to change and adapt to the wearer. This ability to distort and abstract the human form represents the nonverbal, additional layer of being by which we are red by our environment.
UHIE - wool, mohair
UHIE - wool, mohair
Edit: Julia Siems
UHIE - wool, linnen
UHIE - wool, linnen
Photographer: Angus Mart
NZU - wool
NZU - wool
Edit: Julia Siems
ULI- wool
ULI- wool

By

Miriam Scheller

Hosted by

THE SWEDISH SCHOOL OF TEXTILES
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About Miriam Scheller

W.I.Y.S.S?- What is your second skin? explores biracial identity and the dissonance between identity and perceived identity. Body and symbol become one, interchangeable, and influence each other. Made with an overtwisted woollen yarn, the knitted tubes distort and abstract the human form.
Polestar
MCI
Triodos
Dutch Design Foundation
Ministerie van OCW
Gemeente Eindhoven
Provincie Noord-Brabant
Brabant C
VPRO
Fonds 21
Stir