WASTEBOOK
Year: 2023
Dimensions: 4.25” x 6”
Binding: Perfect Bound Hardcover
Wastebook is 696 pages of textile waste that I produced in my studio during the duration of my PhD, from August 2019-April 2023. Each time I filled my textile-waste-basket, I laminated the scraps and scanned the pages my archive. The textile industry creates an incredible amount of waste and pollution each year, with solutions slowly being put in place. I wanted to keep track of how much waste an individual textile artist produced over a set period of time, while also thinking about what could be done on an individual level to curb textile waste and process it, when you don’t have access to the same tools as those in the industry do.