Sculptural Styling: Inside the Sabi Table Linen Campaign

FORMULATED is the Tortuga Forma journal about the rituals we create around the home, the objects that bring us joy, and the stories behind how things are made.

Sculptural Styling: Inside the Sabi Table Linen Campaign

For our Sabi napkin still-life shoot, we explored the work of Maria Blaisse who, with a multi-disciplinary Bauhaus spirit, created dance costumes and sculptural hat designs for Issey Miyake. Drawing inspiration from Blaisse's transformative approach to fabric and form, photographer Hannah Whitaker captured the interplay between shadow and fold, form and color, revealing the architectural potential hidden within simple cloth.

A series of costumes developed by artist Maria Blaisse using elastic foam
Issey Miyake, Spring 1987

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