Barbara Drozdek

Natural color of the material (beige), soft shiny, mate, smells, like natural soap, texture compacted

Short hemp fibers come from waste of thread/ textiles production, natural soap and water

This process is similar to the wool wet felting process. Sound absorbing wall panels, filling furniture instead of synthetic foams, textile, modules divides the space, furniture,...

The hemp fibres belong to the vegetable group of materials, is biodegradable and have absorbed and storage more CO2 from the atmosphere than is consumed during production. After use during the biodegradation process, it goes through the carbonation in soil. It is a long-term process but has a positive impact on the environment. It is 0 kilometres of waste material from local textile production.

Hemp is one of the fastest growing plants. It has strong long fibres and typically you can find in the northern hemisphere. It belongs to bast fibres group and is one of the first plants to be spun into usable fibre. The industrial application is in: clothing, shoes, rope, nets, carpet, paper, building materials. Because of the last application, I decided to start working with it. The fibres that I used come from the textile factory in the north of Barcelona. Barcelona has a strong and long tradition in the textile industry. But at the same time living in this city is getting onerous because of tourists, air pollution, and what is most noticeable in Barcelona noise. In my process I used the waste from the textile production in my case 0 kilometres materials to make a sound absorbing panel to make a space to conversation and tackle the problem of noise in a city where I live.