Agustina Woodgate Skin Rugs

This magnificent beast is agustina woodgate s no rain no rainbows a rug made from skinned teddybears.

Agustina woodgate skin rugs.

Milky ways is a continuation of woodgate s skin rug collection in which woodgate sews handmade rugs using the outer skin layer of discarded stuffed animals. Animal skin rug bear skin rug animal rug bear rug old teddy bears blog deco cool rugs textiles stuffed animals. The process starts with the departure of the loving life objects have when they are in the hands of their owners. Augustina woodgate an artist originally from buenos aires and now based in miami has created skin rugs a collection of hand sewn rugs made from the skin of donated stuffed animals.

Woodgate explains the designs. 3 mai 2011 rug made from the skins of stuffed animals by augustina woodgate. The skin rugs series has taken woodgate nearly two years to complete and has involved a painstaking process that has her cutting up cuddly stuffed animals into various patterns and stitching. Jan 10 2013 this pin was discovered by bleujean perkins.

Miami based artist agustina woodgate makes vegetarian friendly teddy bear skin rugs the hand sewn textiles are formed by connecting the skins of donated stuffed animals rather than that of a single live animal. 3 mai 2011 rug made from the skins of stuffed animals by augustina woodgate. Agustina woodgate born february 27 1981 is an argentinian artist who lives and works between amsterdam and miami. The body of each carpet is modeled after that of.

Agustina woodgate has created skin rugs a collection of hand sewn rugs made from the skin of donated stuffed animals. Working with donated animals the colours of each rug are dictated by the toys that woodgate received for the project resulting in multicoloured designs that combine rich mid tones with artificial bright hues.