Greece, Unsung Weavers, Monochrome Purple Woolen Coat

This coat belongs to a series of one-off coats, hand-crafted out of woolen blankets sourced in villages of Peloponnese(Greece). The material the coat originates, dates from a time when each household was producing its own fabric in family-run looms.  Each coat as such, condenses an etire cosmology: shearing and spinning wool while engaging in long conversations, dying with local herbs and plants, leaving them to soak on the riverbed, then drying them under the bright Mediterranean sun. Each coat was handcrafted in its entirety in our Athenian studio, to reassert the importance of a ritualistic fabric production and of community. Each piece is of a very limited edition, a contemporary take on an ancient craft.

Size M. Length: 64 cm. Shoulders: 46-60 cm

Handcrafted sheep wool. Soft and light-weight body. The body was crafted out of a purple multistranded thread with different shades of purple, sleeves were overdyed by hand, using Haematoxylon Campechianum. Handcrafted in Peloponnese, Greece. Item was handcrafed out of sourced blankets. 

The item was handcrafted in approximately 1 week. Limited edition (only 2). Handcrafted thread, handwoven fabric, soaked on the riverbed to produce a thick, felted texture. Handsewn, unhemmed edges. Hand dyed sleeves. 

Available for dispatch 5 - 12 days after order has been placed.