Synthetic Growth

A knitted dress with organically growing chia seeds.
Pattern draped directly on doll, then knitted in the same shape. The piece was stretched out on a wooden form and chia seeds spread out in an even layer. Afterwards watered several times each day, then sewn together by hand directly onto model.

”Synthetic Growth is a collection of a clash between synthetic, recycled plastic; pet-bottles, pet-corks and plastic bags, and organically growing chia seeds. Where I wish to show how plastic prevents us from living in symbiosis with nature.

The world is caught in a deadly clash – a battle between the synthetic and the natural. Plastic has become the dark symbol of our disposable- and throwaway culture, a culture obsessed with consumption that rips us away from nature and propels us toward climate catastrophe. This fight is not just a metaphor – it’s the grim reality we live in. Every. Single. Day.

Plastic is suffocating life. It prevents us from living in symbiosis with the earth, from living in balance with the ecosystems, the ecosystems that we depend on. We have allowed synthetic materials to take over our existence, to choke our oceans, poison our soil, and even infiltrate our bodies. The result? Nature is dying. Animals starve to death, with bellies full of plastic. Microplastics rain from the sky, contaminating our food and water. And all the while, the planet warms, inching ever closer to disaster as the climate crisis rages on.

We’ve passed the point where small changes are enough. The time to act is now, before we become the next species wiped out in the plastic-drenched world we’ve created!”