Mohair originates from the hair of angora goats raised in the Karoo desert ecosystem. Textile making is presented as inseparable from land, climate, soil, sunshine, and the people who manage herds. The process connects rainfall and desert plant life to the final woven products, including rugs, tapestries, garments, and other woven pieces. The work emphasizes tactile, local production rather than studio-only or factory-only beginnings. In contrast to acceleration and synthetic uniformity, the approach values slower, grounded attention to physical realities behind making. Fashion is described as dangerously detached from material origins, leading to objects with limited understanding of their beginnings and requirements.
"“When you're working in a place where your material comes from, you realize that it doesn't start in our studio or in factories. It starts with rainfall and the delicate ecosystem of desert plant life and goats and herdsmen and soil and sunshine and this incredible group of human beings who get things from rainfall into the final piece.”"
"“Throughout the talk, van Hasselt repeatedly returns to the idea that textiles are inseparable from land, climate, labor, and care. Fashion, in her view, has become dangerously detached from material origins, producing objects with little understanding of where they begin or what they require.”"
"“Mohair itself sits at the center of this misunderstanding. ‘People actually have a very poor understanding of materials,’ Frances van Hasselt notes, clarifying that mohair comes from the hair of the angora goat rather than wool or rabbit fur.”"
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