For one this new brief that I am currently doing in college involves researching sustainable materials, architecture, cars, furnitures and other things. I have found some artist/designers that use sustainable materials.
Alyce Santoro is a multi media conceptual and a sound artist. She has a background in marine biology and scientific illustration. She wanted to make art about science but for her the problem is that your not really allowed to get excited about the mystical part because it's not scientific. She works with recycled material and environmental themes runs through her work. She created the sonic fabric which is made out of audio tape and handwoven together.
What is Sonic Fabric?
SONIC FABRIC, the invention of sound and conceptual artist Alyce Santoro,
is a beautiful, audible, versatile textile woven from 50% polyester thread and 50% audiocassette tape recorded with intricate collages of sound. The sound compositions themselves are a kind of sonic fabric too – strange andintricate music made by weaving together unlikely combinations of looped and layered samples of found, created, and collected sounds.
SONIC FABRIC was originally intended for solely for use in installation
artworks based on the notion, common to both Buddhism and quantum physics, that at the most basic level, everything in the universe may consist of little more than vibration.
How is sonic fabric woven?
Individual cassette tapes have also been used to weave smaller batches of
yardage, some of which was hand loomed at a craft cooperative for Tibetan women
refugees in Nepal. I also use individual tapes for smaller projects, including
the collection of sound samples.
Individual cassette tapes have also been used to weave smaller batches of
yardage, some of which was hand loomed at a craft cooperative for Tibetan women
refugees in Nepal. I also use individual tapes for smaller projects, including
the collection of sound samples.
I will update you all if I find any more sustainable design, designer or artist.
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