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Overwork is a collection of upcycled chrome furniture transformed through slow, intuitive weaving. Rooted in care-based labor, it reveals the tension between structure and intervention, reclaiming discarded objects and time from the pace of contemporary life.
Slow craft as quiet resistance, tracing care through forgotten objects
Overwork is a collection of upcycled chrome furniture frames reimagined through woven interventions in charcoal-grey rope. Tubular structures are not concealed but engaged with—partially revealed, partially overtaken—becoming sites of tension, memory, and transformation.
The weaving method, rooted in maritime rope splicing, evokes the invisible labor of women in fishing communities, whose repetitive and essential work often remained unrecognised. Through a slow, intuitive hand-weaving approach, the process resists industrial control and speed. Each splice carries persistence and care, transforming discarded remnants into gestures of endurance, questioning value, resilience, and the overlooked labor embedded within contemporary life.
