Ýrúrarí – Sustainable Art

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The Icelandic textile artist Ýr Jóhannsdóttir (better known as Ýrúrarí), gives a second chance and life to “forgotten sweaters” in the most creative way.

She creates colourful wearable art, soft sculptures with a story to tell. Her research is also a statement against consumption and the will to educate through art in reusing and recycling old stuff.

This is how she describes her creative research:

Her work is mostly knitted, where fragments of humor, body movements and the everyday meets in wool based, often wearable, objects. For the past years the importance of sustainability has had an impact to Ýrúrarí’s work.

In her latest projects “Sweater sauce”, “I would not do something like that” and Sleik-zine Ýrúrarí raises questions on our absurd consumption habits of textiles and tries out new ways of making unwanted clothes last longer as a one of a kind art- and design pieces.

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Purple Crafts – MoonriseWhims

Bold and beautiful!

With the name of MoonriseWhims, the American artist Renee Rominger creates amazing hand embroidered pieces with a feminist twist.

You can also find Renee on Instagram.

Purple Crafts – HESUKINAE Studio

So cute!

Enjoy the dreamy ceramics creations by the sisters duo Bill and Ash, Australian designers behind HESUKINAE STUDIO.

On their Etsy shop you can find plenty of vases, jewellery dishes and other beautiful home ornaments.

Purple Crafts – Paulina Bartnik

Amazing!

The Polish artist Paulina Bartnik, aka Conieco, realises tiny hyperrealistic portraits of animals “ready to wear”. Her handmade brooches are crafted with love, care and of course plenty of skills.

You can follow her on Instagram too.

Purple Crafts – CMB

Oh my!

I just love the beautiful clay works by Chloe May Brown, aka CMB. Each piece is crafted by hand and the final result is super pretty and eye catchy.

If can find Chloe on Instagram too.

Purple Crafts – Alice Des

So beautiful!

The French illustrator Alice Des has an amazing talent and many different skills. In this post I will show you her lovely ceramic swimmers series.

You can see her works on different online websites as Behance, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Purple Crafts – Harrietsblueandwhite

So lovely!

This week it’s all about ceramics and accessories, with the beautiful creations of Harriet Damave, aka Harrietsblueandwhite.

On her Etsy shop you can find plenty of fine illustrated ceramics ready to wear, along with other home & kitchen decorations.

Purple Crafts – DodoToucan

Cute!

I love the tiny ceramic creations by the French designer Sara Theron, aka DodoToucan.

On her Etsy store you can find small animal sculptures, vases, wall birds and plenty of colorful pocket lucky charms.