Retex Sculpture

‘Retex Sculpture’, short for recycled-textile-sculpture, is a term I have coined for my 3D textile art pieces, which are created entirely from up-cycled clothes.

Textile sculptures exist in various shapes and forms, and while manipulating fabrics is nothing new, I set the emphasis with retex sculpting on my self-imposed rule of only using repurposed fabrics, such as old clothes, bedsheets, curtains and more. Any fabric with an interesting texture can gain a new life through it's use within this art form.

Having only a finite amount of particular fabrics forces a whole new level of creative thinking. It also opens up a universe of exciting textures and colours that would be prohibitively expensive to achieve without the generous donations I have received.

In an age of Fast Fashion, and with my increased awareness of the impact of my consumption and waste generation, repurposing textiles into something new and exciting is an important aspect of my practice. 

With the earliest pieces created in 2013, this particular part of my body of work has been steadily growing and gained recognition within the textile art world as it's very own niche.