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Weved manufactures these woolen items in hopes of reviving the industry

By Anthony Miller
July 21, 2022
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Weved is a wool and natural woven fabric company from the North of the Netherlands. Aiming to fill the void in the Dutch region that no longer has a wool industry, Weved employs the use of wool waste. The company achieves this by working with designers to create quality products from traditional and sustainable materials.

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Founder Claudy Jongstra, with help from Stefan Koper, is campaigning to revive the local wool industry. In 2021, Weved researched social design firm Re–gained. Weved also worked alongside Studio Floris Schoonderbeek to create two sleek, waste-free designs.

Related: Ottan Studio Turns Green Waste Into Home Decor

Close up of underside of reclaimed wood chair.

Consequently, the Woven chair 01 and Table Tarpo 01 premiered at Masterly, the Dutch in Milan. The presentation took place as part of the Salone del Mobile in June 2022 in the historic Palazzo Turati in Milan.

Four Drenthe Heath sheep with thick woolen coats.

For this special event, Weved has created a strong fabric from the wool of the Drenthe Heath sheep. The process started with studio Claudy Jongstra dying the wool with a vegetable dye, then Donegal Yarns in Ireland spun the wool. Then an Enschede-based company called AC Ter Kuile wove it into a beautiful fabric.

Sheep wool dyed blue.

Although there is a lot of work to revive an industry in the Netherlands, the project highlights the potential return of Dutch wool through weaving and the biodynamic cultivation of plants for dyeing. Jongstra hopes these efforts will promote biodiversity in the landscape.

Two men carrying a wooden door to be reused in the project.

The chair acts as a simple lawn or lounge chair with a wool fabric seat and back on a wooden frame. Note, the frame comes from reused wood. Quality fabric also forms the tarpaulin that harkens back to a time before the mass production of textiles.

Dutch wool is an excellent natural material with fantastic qualities. But, too much wool is thrown away and destroyed in almost every flock of sheep. This is where Weved comes in. The chair and tarp designs complement each other in theme, content and imagery. The goods underline the shared history of the recovery of excess flows, biodiversity and a circular economy.

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Images via WEVED

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