Katran: A Second Look at the Cloth We Have Left
After cutting and sampling, there is usually cloth left on the table. Some pieces are small. Some have awkward shapes. Others hold a colour or texture that deserves another look.
Katran begins with that second look.
At SHEWORKS, we have explored how fragments can be repositioned, layered and joined through hand stitching. Their previous shapes and visible seams become part of the new piece.
Work with what is there
This changes the design process. A remnant arrives with its own limits: its size, its colour, the way it has already been cut. We have to respond to those qualities instead of ordering an untouched length to fit a drawing.
That response still needs care. Putting scraps together does not automatically make a considered piece. Colour, balance, proportion and placement matter. The composition has to work, and the finished object needs a useful purpose.
Make reuse visible
We are interested in allowing the construction to be read. A patch can remain recognisable. A line of hand stitching can show how the pieces were brought together.
The result carries some of the material's earlier life while giving it a new setting. It also asks us to use what is available with more attention.
We do not claim that making leaves nothing behind. We want to become more thoughtful about what happens to those remaining pieces.
Katran keeps a practical question alive in the studio: before we source more cloth, have we understood the possibilities of the cloth we already have?