Elisa Strozyk’s intricate and fluid textile designs surprise the viewer with an unexpected material choice.

What began as an experiment using veneer off-cuts that would have gone to waste, Strozyk started to play with the flexibility and fluidity of the material, which then resulted in a redefinition of textiles.

‘Wooden textiles’ is a carpet made of geometrical wooden pieces, hand or laser cut, which are then attached by hand to a textile backing. Strozyk plays with the structure in a delicate and refined manner, and produces the element of surprise – fluidity in wood. The geometrical construction also allows volume and form to be created when shifted from its flat position, blurring the boundary between furniture and material.

With a strong focus on environment and building for the future, she is aware of her responsibility as a designer bringing objects into the world, and is determined to use materials that age with grace. Constantly analysing and readdressing everyday and somewhat banal objects, she tries to re-contextualise these materials and our perceived limitations of them. If wood can be fluid, can other materials too be seen in a new and more exciting form?

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