What a good wind

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“What good wind brings you asked Zues to Aeolus?” An auspicious hidden message amid the golden foliage of aquatic plants reflected on a deep lapis lazuli blue sea. Fluffy milk fiber stole. Soft milk fiber stole.

Material

Fiber
Other

Craft

Drawing and painting
Printing
Textiles

General Technique

Other

Specific Technique

Computer digitized photographic shot of arborescences.
Digital print.

Properties & Qualities

Application

Art Accessory Clothing Product

Qualities

Colourful Flexible Shiny Smooth Textured / Tactile

Colour

Brown Orange Pink Violet Yellow

Sample Information

Date of creation

April 1, 2020

Dimensions

70 cm x 200 cm

Culture & Context

100% milk fiber

“Romantic and eco-sustainable, but at the same time innovative and high design”

The stole was born from the recovery of lanital, an ancient autarkic fiber invented in 1935 by Brescian engineer Antonio Ferretti
The recovery of such fiber imagined during the pandemic and developed later wants to stir a reflection with respect to what was the productive and economic self-sufficiency of the time, because not having enough wool and an Italian substitute was created precisely Lanital.
Milk fiber is created from casein, whose amino acids it retains intact, making it a skin moisturizing, hypoallergenic and antibacterial fiber.
About two liters of expired or unsold milk were used to create the stole.
It feels extremely soft and comfortable to the touch.

Each individual scarf is first wefted and then printed one by one.

Credits

Craft Maker

Le4uadre - Damiana Spoto

Photographer

Giuseppe Manzi