Old Beginnings looks at how we deal with negative emotions and what therapeutic and protective roles the language of dress may play. By asking the question 'how do we feel?' a number of quotes are worked with to produce a textile that is the positive to their negative, resulting in a collection of dangerous textiles.

Materials & Process

Shake-proof washers / alpaca roving / rubber washers / twisted galvanized nails / rubber sheeting / tweed / latex / panel pins / angular ring shank nails / metal washers / ripstop / galvanized spring head nails