Supernaturae’s designs are handmade from plant-dyed silk and different pure textiles in beguiling gem tones. The label started as Benedicte Lux’s analysis venture into different, extra sustainable strategies of trend manufacturing.
Born in Norway, Lux grew up within the UK and studied artwork historical past at Central St. Martins earlier than shifting to NYC the place she earned a trend diploma from Parson’s. Throughout a study-abroad residency in Oaxaca, Mexico, she met a neighborhood of pure dyers and “noticed up shut plenty of these unbelievable if marginalized strategies that supplied such magnificence and inspiration.”
Submit-graduation, Lux labored as a visible stylist at ABC Carpet & Residence. Noticing the meals scraps being tossed from in-house vegetarian restaurant, ABC V, she started making her personal dyes from issues like avocado pits and stitching her first samples. Initially established as a clothes line, Supernaturae now consists of cushions and quilts that we’re highlighting right here. Designed by Lux, every is meticulously created by a tag group of specialised artisan teams in India and Mexico. Describing the gathering as “future classic,” Lux says, “The will is to create timeless items, collectibles of residing historical past, highlighting unbelievable workmanship that’s intently tied to nature.”
Pictures courtesy of Supernaturae (@supernaturae).
The silk is hand-woven in Murshidabad, India, and dyed by a Zapotec neighborhood in Oaxaca who use regionally sourced vegetation: pericón, añil, grana cochinilla, and palo de Brasil. Lux notes that “the mountain water from Sierra Norte enhances the colours, making them extremely crisp and clear.”
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