Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 6 objects tagged upcycling.

Textile, Kibiso Window

Textile, Kibiso Window
100% silk (raw silk and kibiso).
Courtesy of NUNO Corporation, Tsuruoka Fabric Industry Cooperative, and....
89.2015.5

Textile Panel, Linen Fringes

Textile Panel, Linen Fringes
linen selvedges, polyurethane.
Courtesy of Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.
88.2015.15a,b

This object was made by Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.

Textile, Kibiso Stripe

Textile, Kibiso Stripe
100% silk (raw silk and kibiso).
Courtesy of NUNO Corporation, Tsuruoka Fabric Industry Cooperative, and....
89.2015.10

Here we have a photograph of a large rectangular shawl of pieced silk and cotton. The silk and cotton is appliquéd with tikdi circles of jamdani cut from the smallest scraps, all varying in color and texture. Asymmetrical, the left side is olive green with tikdi dots placed on top, the right side is cornflower yellow with rust stripes and more tikdi dots. Between them, there is a mint green rectangle patch with black and white stripes on the sides. The tikdi dots have varying stripe patterns in different foliage forms. All varying colors and patterns, some are cut from the same fabric but no two are the same in appearance or shape. Example dots include a lemon yellow with hot pink, white with blue stripes, green with thin white stripes, and navy blue forest with varying colors.

Tikdis Shawl
silk, cotton metallic thread.
Courtesy of dosa inc..
87.2015.6

This object was made by dosa, inc..

This is a photograph of hands holding fabric charms and amulets. The hands are open to reveal the pile of small fabric goodies. The fabric amulets are stuffed rectangles, circles, and triangles in different patterns and multi-colored stitching and designs.

Amulets, 2016
hand-spun, hand-woven brocaded cotton jamdani scraps, pieced and embroidered.
Courtesy of dosa inc..
87.2015.7-1/42

This object was made by dosa, inc..

Within a clear panel of flexible polyurethane are embedded short and compact multicolored silk fringes in various shades of blue, red, brown, yellow, purple, green, red and orange cut from fabric selvedges during weaving.

Textile Panel, Spread, since 1996
cut silk selvedges, polyurethane.
Courtesy of Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.
88.2015.6a,b

This object was made by Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.