James Plumb launch Limited Edition of Indigo Bench – London design studio James Plumb has revisited an antique textile that is created using medieval techniques, and has this time used it to create a limited edition bench.
The studio, made up of artists James Russell and Hannah Plumb, designed the piece as a continuation of its Burnished Indigo project. Unlike the previous collection, which included an elaborate lampshade and a Chesterfield sofa, JamesPlumb created the bench to showcase the “architectural qualities” of the textile when in its rawest form.
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“The Indigo Bench is propriety disrupted. The Burnished Indigo fabric is worked hard. It’s bruised by hand, soaked, parched, closed, opened, attacked and rested; a beautiful, intriguing new chapter for a very old, almost ancient, thread. The bench is an assemblage using the cloth. A dual personality. Tightly buttoned unravels to unruly abandon. It is both opulent and ascetic. Serene, controlled and unfurled.”
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The dying process, which the designers describe as a ritual, involves repeatedly submerging the fabric in the deep blue dye mixed with egg whites, ox or pig’s blood and fermented fruit juices to help the material take the colour.
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Source: luxatic.com
