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Helen Liu
H e l e n L i u
WEARABLES
Works in progress:
Ideas emerging out of the desire to use materials that are readily available and usually defined as "WASTE"
Non-recyclable silver plastic bags collected from Starbuck coffee shops
Wood saved from a burn pile
Excess wool that might have been composted or left to be eaten by moths
Medusa's Dream
July, 2023
felted locally sourced wool,
homegrown indigo dye, Starbucks waste plastic bags, salvaged spalted maple stained with oil colors, and safety pins on an antique dress form supported by a tomato cage





DRESS
Sketch #1
Feb. 2023
Wool, sourced from Swallow Haven Farm
Pleasant Hill, Oregon
homegrown indigo dye
Starbuck's waste plastic bags
collected in Eugene, Oregon
spalted maple salvaged from a burn pile Springfield, Oregon
art-school-leftover oil colors
sewing thread



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