From sheep to slippers, socks and scarves.
Within Studio SUFI, designer Sophie Nelissen uses materials from local ecosystems to create textiles. In the project (GROND)STOFFEN, she worked with Dutch wool sourced from sheep that graze local nature reserves.
In her project, she explored how this wool – which is naturally less soft than other wools such as merino - can be transformed into soft, wearable garments. To this end, she developed various types of industrial yarns to test in different knitting and weaving techniques. The result is a small clothing collection. Almost a full look - only at sheep wool leggings did she draw the line.
Both the research process and the resulting materials and garments will be showcased during Dutch Design Week in the Textile & Material Innovation HUB in the Klokgebouw.
