Tanvi Kant creates jewellery from wrapped and bound lengths of fabric which are combined with porcelain forms. The lengths are transformed by knotting and sewing into sculptural and unusual ranges of jewellery from catwalk to delicate everyday pieces. Textiles from unwanted, waste or used fabrics are sourced from her circle of family and friends, evocative of personal and often very private histories. Materials of sentimental value or simply tired looking or unwanted items of clothing can be transformed into special pieces of jewellery.

'Inspired by the hand-stitched hem of my mother’s silk sari I began by using yarns unpicked from reclaimed textiles to sew around strips torn from the same fabrics. The simple but repetitive techniques I use, such as whipping, binding, knotting, sewing and constructing units in porcelain directly influences my work. The process of making develops in response to the materials I use in an attempt to protect the fragility of the torn fragments of textile, but maybe also to protect the stories connected to the fabrics; the private and cultural references to the sari, the issues of sustainability through reusing otherwise thrown away fabrics, a response to our fickle attachment to modern clothing..'

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many pieces shown on the website can be made to order to your own preferences of colour and design they can also be specially created incorporating your own fabrics, these may be of high sentimental value, an old favourite scarf, item of clothing or simply a favourite colour.

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