Studio Work 2006 – 2025

Studio work 2006 – 2025

Fair Trade: Material Matters has been an ongoing project for almost 20 years.

This relational, environmental and textile project was initiated by artist Jane Frost and launched at the 2nd Moscow Biennale in 2007. It is an exchange between the artist and wider community, a deliberate comment on the financial value placed on work, often not to benefit artists or makers.

Fair Trade is part of Jane’s art practice, she aims to recognise, include, and value the work of all artists at every stage of their careers.

Material Matters refers to the recycled wool blankets used for the project which are hand stitched using woad dyed yarn to create the portraits. This highlights the artist’s awareness and value of resources and environmental impact of over-production, exploring the process of making in the context of sustainable actions and relationships.

Studio time is very concentrated, eac h portrait contributed to this project is stitched onto a prepared blanket, which takes about an hour. Drawn and stitched images of portraits are scanned and included in the online community.