Rootfull exhibits at First Light Festival
Rooted: Material Ecologies is the result of an open call to artists, sponsored by the Messums Creative Foundation. The brief was to propose a large, site-specific, ephemeral sculpture created using non-hydrocarbon-based materials, challenging artists to think differently about the use of materials in their individual practices, and encouraging the viewer to consider the beauty and value in ephemeral art.
Crossing Boundaries - Magazine Interview
Like nature, biotech invites us to exist beyond categories to generate product design processes that are alive and support further life.
‘What I am doing is a craft which is guiding nature’ Zena explains while citing basket weaving or woodwork as examples. ‘It is cultural in a way because it is working with a natural fibre and, in other ways, it’s more scientific.’
Future Heritage
Future Heritage has a track record for spotting the next big thing. The work is thoughtfully and rigorously executed with makers pushing their chosen material or process in new directions.
Mills Fabrica
The Mills Fabrica was set up to create positive social impact for future generations with like-minded entrepreneurs and strategic partners. They focus on incubating and investing in sustainable innovations and building an international community of innovators, entrepreneurs and visionaries.
Future Fabrics
Rootfull exhibits at the Future Fabrics Expo 2023. Showcasing material solutions that sensitize visitors to new and extraordinary alternatives to plastic.
Silver at Chelsea
Root dress wins silver medal at Chelsea Flower Show 2023
De le Cuona
For London Craft Week Zena Holloway has partnered with De Le Cuona, utilising the natural textile brand’s colour palette, to create a series of ethereal accessories for the home.