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From Sheep to Chic

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EXH I BITION

of modular pieces and all the sudden they became
skins," Jongstra says. "And what does a skin stand for?
It's a protector. It protects you from the outside world."
A Holland native, Jongstra has seen the
disastrous consequences of human interventions
on the environment firsthand. Sheep are endangered
due to artificial fertilizers used across her homeland-
making the beloved wool she crafts her textiles
from hard to come by. "This is when my political
and ecological awareness really started to awaken,"
says Jongstra of her early experimentations with
the material.
Jongstra's collaboration with Maharam is made
from the wool of her own flock of rare, indigenous
Drenthe Heath sheep and pigments from her biodynamic
dye garden and farm. Her dyes are entirely natural-
a secret that Jongstra quickly realized the importance
of. "Natural dyes always harmonize," she says. "When
you put them in a material, they always take place
in a modest way and are never aggressive.
Producing these dyes is not an easy task
and Jongstra has spent a great deal of time studying
archives of Middle Age dye recipes. "Last year, we
developed a
natural black
containing
walnut, indigo,
and leather," Jongstra says. "It took us a year to make
a warm black and then I discovered that Belgium
has an incredible tradition of black textile dyers.
We are now studying their manuscripts."
Even in the wake of Woven Skins and the
Maharam collaboration, the artist shows no sign of
slowing down. She is currently working on a sustainable
solid fragrance made from beeswax, oil, and flowers
that is set to launch next summer; a tie and scarf
accessory line made from seaweed for U.K. train
company Arriva; and a final Woven Skins exhibition,
set to take place at the Museum De Lakenhal in
The Netherlands in 2020. - MEGHAN DWYER

Claudy Jongstra advocates environmental
consciousness through textile design.
The red dye used for the
Woven Skins comes from the
madder plant-which takes
three years to grow and two
years to dry. During the time
that Jongstra was creating the
skins, she was fascinated by
the dye, which represents the
Dutch Golden Era.

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Dutch artist Claudy Jongstra has been a noteworthy
figure in the field of textiles ever since she left the
fashion industry to pursue material art. The motivation
behind her departure from fashion is evident in her
works-including her recent installation, Woven Skins,
as well as a new Maharam collaboration: Maharam x
Claudy Jongstra's Drenthe Heath.
"My degree is in fashion but fashion isn't very sustainable," Jongstra says. "There are so many collections
and it's all about disposability and what's new."
Woven Skins, which was on display in honor
of Climate Week this past September at creative
studio A/D/O in Brooklyn, New York, is a political
message at its core. It invites dialogue and awareness
over the problems facing our environment today-
challenges that our planet needs shielded from.
"At first the installation was more like a collection

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