Sustainability Workshop


The purpose of my trip to Brazil was to research on how Brazilians embrace the new eco-consciousness of sustainability and what eco products the designers are creating as well as what the problems are if any at all. The reason why I chose this as my research is because while studying for my Bachelors degree,…
This is the flyer for my first solo exhibition. There will be finished products that are a result of my research into up-cycling discarded waste into functional items from fashion to interiors and just plain new materials for textiles.
A window blind made from till roll receipt spools. It is decorative and functional. The Arrangement can be hung in strips adapted to a mechanism, which is why the lower half is left to hang loose to portray this idea.
I studied textile design at the University of East London, graduated in June, 2011 with BA (HONS). I started an ambitious project during my BA where I was looking into the creation of new textile materials and creating decorative functional items from reclaimed materials. I had developed some sustainable product ideas and was quite fascinated…
I am in the process of making room dividers out of the spools from the train ticket machines. It is very architectural and very painstaken too. It requires so much attention to detail. My deadline is looming,but i know it will be finished. Once the job is done you shall see the piece on here….
On the 7th of December 2011, I organised a workshop on sustainability of which the aim was to create an awareness amongst members of the public about different things that can be done with some of the waste that we tend to discard adding to the vast amounts of articles that end up in landfill….