Maja Sobura - Contemporary Designer

Contemporary Designer

I’M NOT WASTED

is a project which explored the possibilities of upcycling industrial textile waste. I mixed different types of pre-consumer textile waste from Bute, Tosungolu and Jersey Cannon Street; creating new materials using only temperature to combine them. After a long process experimenting with melting and burning the materials at different temperatures, I developed materials with varying flexibility, strength and softness. I presented the products that showcased the different possibilities of application with the materials I created. This project showed how experimentation with materials and a craftsmanship approach can change unwanted textile waste into treasured objects.

I based my design process on the exploration of textile waste and the usage of different temperatures and ways of melting it. I started by observing the material and trying to give it a structure by wrapping, dissecting and melting it. Three different ways of applying the temperature were used in that process: a heat gun, a heat press, and an oven. After many tests, I was finally able to identify the material based on its melting temperature, colour changes, smell, and the amount of steam and fumes produced.

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I’M NOT WASTED

is a project which explored the possibilities of upcycling industrial textile waste. I mixed different types of pre-consumer textile waste from Bute, Tosungolu and Jersey Cannon Street; creating new materials using only temperature to combine them. After a long process experimenting with melting and burning the materials at different temperatures, I developed materials with varying flexibility, strength and softness. I presented the products that showcased the different possibilities of application with the materials I created. This project showed how experimentation with materials and a craftsmanship approach can change unwanted textile waste into treasured objects.

I based my design process on the exploration of textile waste and the usage of different temperatures and ways of melting it. I started by observing the material and trying to give it a structure by wrapping, dissecting and melting it. Three different ways of applying the temperature were used in that process: a heat gun, a heat press, and an oven. After many tests, I was finally able to identify the material based on its melting temperature, colour changes, smell, and the amount of steam and fumes produced.

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