Wooden Textiles by Elisa Strozyk
on 26/1/11
In Elisa Strozyk's "Wooden Textiles" collection, she plays with the idea of wood only as a hard material. "We know the feeling of walking across wooden floors, to touch a wooden tabletop or to feel the bark of a tree. But we usually don’t experience a wooden surface which can be manipulated by touch" says Elisa. The Trend Boutique love the way Elisa has harnessed nature in a unique approach to natural textiles.
Wooden Textiles - Carpet Chair - Elisa Strozyk - Photographer: Sebastian Neeb
To create such a flexible wooden surface, the wood needs to be deconstructed into many small pieces which are then attached back together in mosaic-like patternings on top of a textile base. The wood is either cut by hand or laser cut to create large pieces. Elisa explains that she is interested in finding new "ways to provide wood with textile properties in testing methods to make wood flexible and soft, or interweave textile elements".
Wooden Textiles Detailing - Elisa Strozyk
“Wooden Textiles is an approach to responsible thinking concerning lifecycles of products. The outcome is a material that is half wood-half textile, between hard and soft, challenging what can be expected from a material or category. It looks and smells familiar but feels strange, as it is able to move and form in unexpected ways."
Wooden Textiles - Elisa Strozyk - Photographer: Sebastian Neeb
