Fabiana Larrea - "El tejido para transformar realidades"

The Art of Weaving: A Personal Journey

Family Traditions in Weaving

• The speaker reflects on their family's diverse weaving traditions, highlighting the energetic and rapid knitting style of one grandmother and the colorful blanket-making of another.

• The speaker's mother is remembered for her resourcefulness, creating garments from fabric scraps and revitalizing worn clothes, teaching the value of not wasting materials.

• The father’s approach to weaving involved building connections through friendships and family ties, emphasizing invisible threads that unite loved ones.

Connection to Nature and Community

• Growing up near a tannin factory in Puerto Tirol shaped the speaker's identity, linking them to both nature and industrial processes.

• The destruction of the Chaco forest deeply affected the speaker, reinforcing their belief that they are part of nature. They view weaving as a metaphor for transforming realities through connections.

Community Projects: Transforming Waste into Art

• Initiated a project called "El Mensaje en la Botella," which involved collecting discarded bottles from various locations to create a community art piece symbolizing unity through shared wishes.

• Collaborated with local recycling initiatives to transform over a ton of plastic waste into large white flowers displayed along the Río Negro during an art event.

Sustainable Design Practices

• Currently involved in a sustainable design brand named Mam Soul, focusing on crafting bags from recycled plastic bags while promoting environmental awareness.

• Encourages reimagining plastic in landscapes; instead of associating it with pollution, envision it as transformed into useful items like backpacks that connect people with nature.

Reflection on Individual Impact

• Invites listeners to consider their own roles as weavers in life—what kind of world they are helping to create through their actions and choices.