There is a natural product we grow ourselves which can be used to make clothing, ropes, and even building materials -- and much of it goes to waste on a daily basis. But perhaps not for long.
There is a natural product we grow ourselves which can be used to make clothing, ropes and even building materials -- and much of it goes to waste on a daily basis. But perhaps not for long. An emerging wave of designers is harnessing the power of human hair to tap into issues of the circular economy, identity and beauty through provocative objects and installations.
By utilizing ropemaking and a traditional spinning wheel, Visser creates everyday items like bottle holders out of human hair.When Visser started working with human hair six years ago, the hairdressers she approached to ask for waste cuttings were skeptical. Many said no. As she has built up a body of work, however -- and as new initiatives promoting the reuse of waste hair have grown -- it has become easier.
Entitled "Chiaroscuro I," by design studio Pareid, brings together two columns of intertwined human hair.Pareid is keen to make a fully immersive space using human hair and has been experimenting with using it as a binder for mud bricks. The early prototypes don't exactly look beautiful, however:"We are drawn to things that might be considered ugly or unappealing at first," said Pareid co-founder Hadin Charbel in a video call.
Back at LDF, Anouska Samms -- who uses human hair to explore identity on a familial level, as well as interrogate mythology and symbolism -- will exhibit some of her striking hair-infused ceramic pieces as part of group show Unfamiliar Forms. These come from her ongoing"Hair Series" , which uses human hair -- collected mostly through Instagram callouts -- to create sculptural clay vessels and a tapestry, as a way to reflect on maternal relationships.
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