Anubha Sood
Textiles MFA
Parsons School of Design
Specialisms: Textile Innovation/Textile Art / Sustainable Fashion/Textiles / Textiles
Location: New York, United States
Anubha Sood
First Name: Anubha
Last Name: Sood
Specialisms: Textile Innovation/Textile Art / Sustainable Fashion/Textiles / Textiles
Sectors: Fashion/Textiles/Accessories / Fashion/Textiles/Accessories / Fashion/Textiles/Accessories
My Location: New York, United States
University / College: Parsons School of Design
Course / Program Title: Textiles MFA
About
Sood's exploratory practice is devoted to the study of bio-materials, from bacteria and human hair to her latest, seagrasses. Her formative years were spent in India, where she witnessed the environmental and social toll exacted by the textile industry in her native home. Sood’s work critiques these current production systems while visualizing a more equitable, sustainable path forward. She sees weaving, the intuitive act of making, as a personal healing process and a catalyst to physically engage with her environment.
Between Salt & Water
Between Salt and Water focuses on the study of seagrasses and ocean water collected from three oceans and studied through the processes of dyeing, weaving, and material softening. The primary focus of this collection of experiments is to observe how the material configures itself to reveal new kinds of information - more concretely, the relationship between our production processes and the natural world. When imagining a habitable future, it is crucial to think about the current systems of production, consumption, and how they exacerbate the larger climate crisis. Matter to Material It is crucial to bring attention to the decline of kelp forests and their function in maintaining the earth’s ecological balance. Kelp sequesters away large amounts of carbon up to 20 times more than per acre of terrestrial forests. A combination of various human activities has resulted in a rapid increase of kelp grazing sea urchins creating a subsurface of kelp wasteland around the world. How can we use this waste to address the larger crisis responsible for creating it? we leave the earth with nourishment or with poison.
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