Furniture maker Alberte Svendsen has fallen in love with straw. Here, she explains why she has chosen to revive an old, French craftsmanship, where she utilizes the properties of straw to create interplay of colors, geometric shapes, and optical illusions.
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[…] of the earth have consequences for everyone in the world. It is ashared responsibility to take care of nature and to avoid drenching it, for example, in straw shortening chemicals, which are suspected of harming fertility in humans and animals. The works are woven of rye sourced from anearby field by the city of […]
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[…] RØHL, MARIA TSOSKUNOGLU OG NANNA OBEL B-holdet The B-team NIELS STOCK BACH: MARIANNE NIELSEN, HELENE STOCKMARR GERDORF, MARIANNE KRUMBACH Krukke, Blomst, Glasur Vessel, Flower, Glaze VIBE LUNDEMARK Straw that broke the camel’s back 60 40 50 VINNI HEDEGAARD FREDERIKSEN Ler Clay LOTTE V. MYRTHUE MONA VANDER 62 Dyneløfterdyner Quilt Promises Quilts Berøres To be […]
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[…] that isacompetence for which there is aconsiderable need in aglo- balised world full ofproblems waiting to be resolved. The fact that aproduct such as the drink- ing straw ‘Lifestraw’, which puri- fies the water before itreaches the lips, won the Index: Award 2005 confirms this tendency, sending the ball on to the next generation […]
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