Graduation project
What does colour mean
Giulia Pompilj
## “Dyed with indigenous plants, these knits unravel the relationship that locals have with the surrounding nature.”
The use of wild plants can reveal a lot about ecosystems and cultures. Giulia Pompilj began her ethnobotanic research in the Peruvian Andes, continued to the Amazon and then went to Eindhoven. She found three very different relationships between people and nature, which she showcases in her knitwork, coloured with local plants. Whether it is Eucalyptus from the mountains, Maytenus laevis from the jungle or Celidonia from the city: the colour they produce holds the key to many anthropological stories. This installation dyes and knits the yarn in one go: the wool gets a location-specific mineral treatment for fixation, is soaked in a botanical dye, and turned into a handcrafted product on the spot.