Looking at the sky polluted by chemical trails and industrial emissions, I wondered what we, designers, can do to protect the sky from pollution? Is there anything we can do? My research went down to the molecular level and I was looking for a way to communicate this air pollution problem to the public. In the process of searching for a solution, through research and sketches of pollutant molecules, I came to conclusion to show air pollution issue through a small rug and made this rug from half-wool yarn in the punch needle technique, incorporating the wonderful colours of the sky into the pattern of the rug. The name of the rug, Amoeba Rain, came from my associations that the design of the rug reminds me of.
During my research process, pieces of paper scattered around like a sudden rain and fell together in a wonderful rug design. As if by accident, a wonderful design was born, which turned into a delicate and detailed punch needled small rug called Paper Drops. This is how the diptych rugs Amoeba Rain and Paper Drops were created.
The air pollution issue I concluded with a research that we, designers, can work with eco - friendly materials, such as wool, polylactic acid, steel, depending on what materials we designers use for our projects. Colour gradation on a tufted 5X7ft rug background represents pure sky, and the elements - steel, wool and polylactic acid are what I worked with during my project. Eco-friendly material formulas are tufted on triptych rugs called Purple Shade, Blue Shade and Indigo Shade.
5X7ft rug and triptych rugs were exhibited at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK (2021)
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