Thrifted Palette

A film quality image of long woven pieces on copper poles hung against a wall, with a pile of yarn hanks in front of the pieces

large scale woven sculptural forms against a brick wall, a wooden chair with the materials used to make the pieces on

Two plaited woven pieces hanging against a grey background

Thrift

noun

‘the quality of using resources carefully and not wastefully.’

Henrietta's involvement in shoreline clean-ups around Sri Lanka made her question attitudes toward waste, particularly in the UK manufacturing industry. Seeking solutions, she reclaimed production materials and reformed them, using weaving to highlight their value. In her project Thrifted Palette, she salvaged remnants from a British weaving mill and transformed them through on- and off-loom techniques. By embracing imperfections in yarn manufacture, she redefines them, with each artefact acting as a bridge between process and materiality.