SHIRT#108 - HANDWOVEN GREY PEAKS by Jan-Jan Van Essche from COLLECTION#15 - KHAYAL (SS25)

ERI SILK HANDWOVEN THREE QUARTER SLEEVE SHIRT.
FACING IN AN UNDYED 100% COTTON TYPEWRITER, WOVEN ON A JAPANESE SHUTTLE LOOM. MADE IN THE JAN-JAN VAN ESSCHE STUDIO.
THIS HAND WOVEN FABRIC, MADE FROM HAND SPUN YARN IN ERI SILK,
IS A RESULT OF A COLLABORATION BETWEEN JAN-JAN VAN ESSCHE AND 7WEAVES.
THE THE BASE OF 'GREY PEAKS' FABRIC REMAINED UNDYED,
WHILST THE INLAY YARNS MAKING UP THE PATTERN COME TO LIFE,
THANKS TO THE USED NATURAL DYE, A MIX OF JAGGERY AND IRON.
IRREGULARITY OF THE MOTIVES THROUGHOUT THE FABRIC IS AN EFFECT OF FREEHAND PROCESS USED TO CREATE THE TEXTILES
AND ARE AN OUTCOME OF AN INTERPRETATIVE WORK OF ARTISANS CREATING THEM.

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