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Tag: Hair Mats

Posted on June 26, 2025May 22, 2025

Rethinking Hair Mats: From Cleanup to Concept

I’m fascinated by the use of felted hair mats to clean up oil spills—how something as intimate and personal as human hair can so effectively absorb environmental damage. There’s a quiet poetry in that gesture of care and restoration.

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  • Polyurethane Paradise: Rainforest Rhapsody
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  • Weathered Structures at the Miami Fiber Triennial 2026
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