Agustina Woodgate Skin Rugs

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.

Agustina woodgate skin rugs.

This magnificent beast is agustina woodgate s no rain no rainbows a rug made from skinned teddybears. 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. 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.

Woodgate explains the designs. Agustina woodgate has created skin rugs a collection of hand sewn rugs made from the skin of donated stuffed animals. Augustina woodgate an artist originally from buenos aires and now based in miami has created skin rugs a collection of hand sewn rugs made from the skin of donated stuffed animals. Argentinian artist agustina woodgate has produced a series of patchwork rugs using the skins of stuffed toy animals.

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. 3 mai 2011 rug made from the skins of stuffed animals by augustina woodgate. 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.

The body of each carpet is modeled after that of. The process starts with the departure of the loving life objects have when they are in the hands of their owners.