Maja Sobura - Contemporary Designer

Contemporary Designer

I’M NOT WASTED

 

SHELVING

The shelving is a sculptural piece showing the apocalyptic look of textile waste. After melting the polyester offcuts at a temperature of 300°C I created a material which bore no memory of its previous form. I decided to make shelving out of it. It could be used as an element of installations or as window displays. I wanted to show the paradox of an extremely light material that seems to be very heavy. Marble-looking pieces hang on the wrapped pieces of polyester, which I melted with a heat gun. As a result of the heating process, the elastic textile strips became harder and more stable. For me, this shelving shows the sad future of textile waste and the slow breakdown process which will take hundreds of years.

100% textile waste

I’M NOT WASTED

 

SHELVING

The shelving is a sculptural piece showing the apocalyptic look of textile waste. After melting the polyester offcuts at a temperature of 300°C I created a material which bore no memory of its previous form. I decided to make shelving out of it. It could be used as an element of installations or as window displays. I wanted to show the paradox of an extremely light material that seems to be very heavy. Marble-looking pieces hang on the wrapped pieces of polyester, which I melted with a heat gun. As a result of the heating process, the elastic textile strips became harder and more stable. For me, this shelving shows the sad future of textile waste and the slow breakdown process which will take hundreds of years.

100% textile waste