Agustina Woodgate Skin Rugs

Argentinian artist agustina woodgate has produced a series of patchwork rugs using the skins of stuffed toy animals.

Agustina woodgate skin rugs.

The process starts with the departure of the loving life objects have when they are in the hands of their owners. Jan 10 2013 this pin was discovered by bleujean perkins. Artist agustina woodgate originally from buenos aires but now based in miami has made a collection of bear skin rugs with a difference the six designs are made from teddy bear skins from donated stuffed animals. 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.

Discover and save your own pins on pinterest. 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. This magnificent beast is agustina woodgate s no rain no rainbows a rug made from skinned teddybears. Woodgate explains the designs.

The body of each carpet is modeled after that of. Animal skin rug bear skin rug animal rug bear rug old teddy bears blog deco cool rugs textiles stuffed animals. Agustina woodgate born february 27 1981 is an argentinian artist who lives and works between amsterdam and miami. 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. 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.