SÃofra Caherty Turns Tarps, Waste Leather, and Airplane Straps Into Bags
SÃofra Caherty of Jump The Hedges makes colorful bags from reclaimed truck tarpaulin, airplane seat parts, and waste leather.
Jump The Hedges is an award-winning sustainable design studio based in Belfast and founded by former adidas designer SÃofra Caherty. The studio has a material- and waste-led approach to product creation that ensures waste material is fully utilized to create valuable and long-lasting products. Bags are created from reclaimed truck tarpaulin, airplane seat parts, and waste leather. Alongside creating bags, the studio leads workshops on sustainability with local schools and communities.
Tell me a little bit about your childhood, education, and background in terms of how you first became interested in creativity, design, and sustainability. I am the youngest of five kids brought up in the countryside right on the Irish border. As a large family, sustainability was at the core of everything we did ? however I didn?t recognize this at the time. I assumed all families composted, reused, and repaired! My family are all tradespeople or teachers, so my creativity, problem-solving, and ability to work with my hands came from them. I worked as a fashion designer for several years for smaller Irish brands and then for adidas in Germany. It was while I was at adidas that I saw an opportunity to combine fashion and sustainability. Up until that point, I had felt that my love for fashion and the environment was conflicting. I decided to leave adidas, mo...
Jump The Hedges is an award-winning sustainable design studio based in Belfast and founded by former adidas designer SÃofra Caherty. The studio has a material- and waste-led approach to product creation that ensures waste material is fully utilized to create valuable and long-lasting products. Bags are created from reclaimed truck tarpaulin, airplane seat parts, and waste leather. Alongside creating bags, the studio leads workshops on sustainability with local schools and communities.
Tell me a little bit about your childhood, education, and background in terms of how you first became interested in creativity, design, and sustainability. I am the youngest of five kids brought up in the countryside right on the Irish border. As a large family, sustainability was at the core of everything we did ? however I didn?t recognize this at the time. I assumed all families composted, reused, and repaired! My family are all tradespeople or teachers, so my creativity, problem-solving, and ability to work with my hands came from them. I worked as a fashion designer for several years for smaller Irish brands and then for adidas in Germany. It was while I was at adidas that I saw an opportunity to combine fashion and sustainability. Up until that point, I had felt that my love for fashion and the environment was conflicting. I decided to leave adidas, mo...
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