The Jarapa Chair represents the continuation of innovation and adaptation in heritage craft practices, merging the materials and processes of two classic pieces from the region of the Alpujarra in southern Spain; the ‘bulrush chair’ and the ‘jarapa rug’. 

Many heritage skills are naturally sustainable and jarapas are a great example of circular economy in design, traditionally made with old rags or waste from the textile industry and repurposing old looms from the moorish period. 

This piece takes the principles of jarapas by re-purposing pre-owned t-shirts and by using the technique of the bulrush chairs creates a strong and colourful seat whilst fighting the waste produced by the over-polluting fashion industry.