Recycled Prayers are made from scraps of felted, second-hand sweaters. These multi-colored lengths of flags were inspired by the refuse from a local clothing design company. Toronto’s Preloved used second-hand clothes to cut patterns and fashion new designs. Like any clothing production, a multitude of scraps were produced daily. I collected these bags weekly, allowing the materiality of the scraps to dictate their transformation. The first sale of a 50 yard length of Recycled Prayers went to hang in the home of Toronto’s then mayor, David Miller.
The flags in the above photo are seen in the home of architect Nicolas Soulier and artist Cécile Daladier, and published in Remodelista, June 2013: At Home with an Artful Couple in the South of France, by Alexa Hotz.
The above photo features a one hundred yard length of Recycled Prayers as part of Trashformations, a group exhibition. The exhibition was curated by, Lloyd E. Herman and ran from 2005-2007 travelling from the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA to: Copia- The American Museum for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa, CA; the Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA; & the Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.