The Neoclassic Herringbone Tapestry

I was recently asked to create a piece for a client’s studio — grounded in deconstructed Levi Strauss denim and designed to sit with other Grange Home pieces that they had purchased. Dimension and materials were the only criteria that I had to meet, the concept was purely up to me.

Which brings me to the Neoclassic Herringbone tapestry, numbered piece 554h2.

The use of the Herringbone pattern dates back to ancient Greece & Rome where the layout was used for roads, baskets—critical infrastructure of all sorts. The patterns enduring nature, not to mention, its beautiful pleasing repetition, became the foundation upon which so much was built.

I incorporated this pattern loosely, deconstructing Levi Strauss denim jeans, working with the mix of washes to layer and traverse across the piece.
Keeping some of the edges raw gives the piece a dynamic quality where the fabric will continue to shift and change.
The unknown of the frayed edges play against the control and clarity of the selvage edges.

Panels of shibori-dyed denim hint to cloud like day-dreaminess. Dirty wash, stone wash, dark indigo unwashed and threadbare light washed denims mingle beautifully—
creating depth and interest through the diversity of materials. Intersectional in every way.

Hand picked stitches connect each piece,
delivering a level of detail and reminder of the slow intentionality that was used in creating the piece.

A circular design moment — the Neoclassic Herringbone Tapestry rests on a block of building site wood refuse, and is placed in front of recycled channel glass in this inspired studio space.

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