It is a place where all relevance to creativity, using one's hands to make something has been replaced by using one's digits exclusively for digital means, digitally, in an agentic state.

There are a few who (re)discovered human creative capacity as it had once evolved.

A few unearthed damaged and time-weathered patterns.

A few followed a legacy that continued knitting, but interruptions, oppression and secrecy compromised its translation.

Materials scarce, colours limited, faded, tired-vibrant and inconsistent contribute and determine design.

Motivated by the unrelenting need to create, to answer to, to heal, to fix, to reconcile, to understand, to transform, to communicate, to find originality, to define one's originality, to find peace with the discomfort of limitations, to find freedom, expanding within restrictions.

image | @rvdwcreative

cotton | red jasper beads
custom

cotton

merino wool

cotton | cotton / alpaca

merino | cotton | cotton/viscose

cotton | nylon | viscose

cotton | viscose | mohair

cotton | viscose | mohair

cotton | mohair | nylon

"No. 5" doesn't suggest chronology, but rather refers to the neck, the 5th chakra...communication and creative portal...clear, precise, deliberate placement on the body, potent but not overpowering, complimenting face and clothing...wearability is plastic and individual...each piece in the series is named with a number.

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cotton

cotton

merino | cotton

cotton

cotton

cotton | glass bead dewdrops | viscose

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pendants