WOVEN KINSHIPS REIMAGINES FASHION THROUGH A MARINE LENS, CENTRING SEAWEED AS A REGENERATIVE MATERIAL WITH ECOLOGICAL AND ANCESTRAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE CONCEPTUAL PIECE IS WOVEN WITH SIX SPECIES FROM SCOTLAND’S EASTERN COASTLINE. HARVESTED BY ALBA MARI SEAWEED, THE SEAWEEDS WERE SOURCED USING SUSTAINABLE METHODS THAT SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY AND CARBON CAPTURE. WITH OVER 12,000 KNOWN SPECIES, SEAWEEDS REQUIRE NO LAND, FERTILISER OR FRESHWATER, MAKING THEM A VITAL ALLY IN REGENERATIVE DESIGN. 

THE CONCEPTUAL LOOMS, DESIGNED BY VEGA HERTEL, WERE CREATED TO INVITE AUDIENCES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ROUND – BECOMING AN ACT TO RETHINK CURRENT FASHION PRODUCTION AND SERVE AS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF FASHION PRACTICE THAT MINIMISES TEXTILE WASTE. 

MATERIALS | SEAWEED: OARWEED (LAMINARIA DIGITATA), TANGLE (LAMINARiA HYPERBOREA), SUGAR KELP (SACCHARiNA LATISSIMA), SEA LETTUCE (ULVA LACTUCA), GUTWEED (ULVA INTESTINALIS) AND DULSE (PALMARIA PALMATA). LOOM: JUTE, POSTERCOARD, PLYWOOD, NAILS. 

CONCEPT, DESIGN AND REALISATION | JESSIE CURRY AND VEGA HERTEL

PHOTOGRAPHY | OLIVER DIXON AND JESSIE CURRY

PARTNERS | SEAWEED BY ALBA MARi SEAWEED 

LOCATION | LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM