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"FRAGMENTO" - An Archive Of Objects And Time
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 2022
Artist: Renato Alexandre Dias Brás
Medium: Jacket - hessian fabric hand stitched with 4 different colors of
wool in a technique called Arraiolos (all materials sourced in Portugal).
Skirt - hand-woven waffle weave by an artisan in Portugal with Portuguese wool. Inner skirt in up-cycled wool with eyelet closure at the back. Blue hand tied paracord and metal detail.
Object number: FA.2023.253.CC.1-2
DescriptionDescription from the designer: Each of the garments in this collection has been designed and produced with a different concept and textile manipulation, through which I explored the dichotomy between a museum artefact and a discarded (and supposedly) valueless object, hoping to highlight questions surrounding objects’ inherent and subjective value. I am extremely driven and inspired by textile creation and manipulation, which I use as the centre of my process. For this collection, I collaborated with various artisans, mainly from Portugal, on the development of traditional hand-made textiles (such as weaving and crocheting) as to highlight the importance of preserving and supporting small scale and slow production scraps. I am also very interested in pattern-cutting and I use it as a way to tell the stories which surround my garments: the fastening of the skirt is inspired by a picture I took of a
scaffolding net wrapped around a building. This particular look includes a jacket and a skirt which have been made using different tex7tile manipulations. The jacket is made of hessian fabric hand-woven with wool using a technique called Arraiolos in a completely engineered motif that contours the body and creates an illusion of depth (all materials produced in Portugal). The skirt is made using a hand-woven waffle textile in black and white wool, also playing with the idea of depth (all materials produced in Portugal) and an under-skirt made from up-cycled wool. The hand-woven layer of the skirt wraps around the waist of the coat and is stabilised by a metal hook covered in hand-tied blue paracord,
to mimic how a scaffolding net would be wrapped around a building.
scaffolding net wrapped around a building. This particular look includes a jacket and a skirt which have been made using different tex7tile manipulations. The jacket is made of hessian fabric hand-woven with wool using a technique called Arraiolos in a completely engineered motif that contours the body and creates an illusion of depth (all materials produced in Portugal). The skirt is made using a hand-woven waffle textile in black and white wool, also playing with the idea of depth (all materials produced in Portugal) and an under-skirt made from up-cycled wool. The hand-woven layer of the skirt wraps around the waist of the coat and is stabilised by a metal hook covered in hand-tied blue paracord,
to mimic how a scaffolding net would be wrapped around a building.