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Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir turns felt into architecture, sculpture and living history

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par Hannah Sabapathy, PhD candidate in the School of Design, University of Leeds

Long before looms were invented to weave wool, nomadic herders were turning raw sheep’s fleece into warm, weather-proof shelters using one of humanity’s earliest craft techniques: felting.

Felting is a process of matting and fusing animal fibres together with moisture, heat and friction into a dense, non-woven fabric. In her new exhibition, Reservoir, textile artist Sagarika Sundaram revisits this ancient…

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