The architect and designer Inês Schertel abandoned the glamour of the metropolis of São Paulo 25 years ago to live on a farm in São Francisco de Paula, in southern Brazil. Here, over the last six years, with her husband she has cared for a flock of 300 sheep whose wool becomes a source of inspiration and material for the production of exclusive items in rustic felt.
Some of these creations will be presented in the exhibition Materica (on the use of unusual and common materials, deployed in unusual ways) in the spaces of Hotel Nhow in Milan at Via Tortona 35, until 31 October 2019.
Inês Schertel reinforces her passion for slow design and works on her pieces by felting wool and coloring it with botanical dyes, a technique over 6000 years old which she has perfected during trips to Europe and Central Asia.
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