Off the wrack: the designer using seaweed to create art and high fashion

At the Icelandic home of Katrín ?orvaldsdóttir, foraged material is turned into masks, clothing and even shoesKatrín ?orvaldsdóttir's Reykjavík home is a temple of seaweed. Looped around her neck as jewellery, mounted on the wall in theatrical masks and embedded in intricately woven high-fashion clothing, it is everywhere.But other than a light, sweet seaweed scent drifting through her workshops, the material is not immediately obvious. Some of the objects look like leather, others like animal skin or lace. Adorning a jacket on a mannequin, it looks too beautiful to pass as seaweed. Continue reading...