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Vanessa Barragão creates marine-life-inspired textile art
December 1st, 2025
Artworks from Vanessa Barragão’s solo exhibition, “Submerso Imerso,” which toured in 2024 and 2025, depict a variety of sea life, including aquatic plants and coral reefs. In 2025, the exhibition was on display in Ilhavo, Portugal. In 2024, the exhibit was on display in San Sebastian, Spain, and Lagos, Portugal. Image: Studio VB Portuguese textile […]
Lacemaking tradition inspires 3D-knit sculpture
September 1st, 2024
To create the Common Thread sculpture, design studio SO – IL used black and white rPET yarn knit at different ratios to create the varying shades of gray. The yarn was made from recycled bottles and knit with a Steiger industrial knitting machine. It took three months to create, and installation at the secluded site […]
Inflatable textile art shown by Dior in Paris
June 1st, 2023
The inflatable artwork, containing 25 components, was produced in collaboration with Dior, Paris. It is made of 20 different Dior fabrics, woolen crochet, ornamentation, LEDs, and polyester. It measures 24 meters by 21 meters by 6.8 meters (78.7 feet by 68.9 feet by 22 feet) and weighs more than a ton. Photos: © Lionel Balteiro […]