Nature & Fibers

Restore

An old handwoven textile, given a second life.

A vintage Bhutanese textile — fringed, hand-loomed, worn thin in places — unpicked and remade into a patchwork jacket, then photographed back in the village.

The old handwoven Bhutanese textile, fringed and worn, before it was remade — Before · the old handwoven textile

The remade patchwork jacket, a close look in the village sun

The patchwork jacket worn in a village doorway

The jacket framed by a tall wooden doorway

Resting against a wooden ladder in the remade jacket

Stepping out of a doorway, the patchwork jacket over a fringed dress

Walking past the wooden stairs in the remade jacket

Carrying the remade jacket across the field, the village behind — The remade jacket, back in the village