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In Search of Wool(s) (2023)

Bilge Merve Aktaş
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This project explores the potential futures of wool. Despite being a significant craft material, wool has become a byproduct of sheep and lamb industry in most areas. In many places, fleece and wool use is in decline. Consistent with the global trend, wool production has also declined in the US since the 1940s . When wool is used in textile industries, merino wool from Australia and New Zealand often dominates the scene, thus contributing to the decline in local wool. As a result, large amounts of wool, a material with great qualities, becomes unwanted product and is discarded as a waste. A project about and with wool can bring new possibilities for the future of wool for producers and craftspeople. In this project, I will research wool's current situation around Asheville by visiting some farms and discussing with craftspeople. This research will draw on the current situation and start contextualizing how wool might be studied.
typeresearch exposition
keywordswool, design, materiality
date12/06/2023
published18/09/2023
last modified18/09/2023
statuspublished
share statusprivate
copyrightAuthor
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2197668/2197669
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/rc.2197668
published inResearch Catalogue


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