ON THE VINE
FROM KITCHEN SCRAPS TO FABRIC DYE
Tess Bryant is a bit of a collector. Her kitchen is filled with jars of onion skins, there are avocado seeds drying in mesh bags and pomegranates sitting on shelves.
“Every time we go to a party, if there is leftover food I’m like,‘Ooh, I’ll take that, I’ll use that’,” she said. “All my friends and neighbours think I’m that kooky person, but it pays off.” Ms Bryant uses the scraps and food waste from her kitchen to dye pieces of upcycled fabric and a selection of her work has been turned into an art exhibition earlier this year in Albany, WA, called ‘Afterlife’.
“I’m trying to draw upon the afterlife of things . . . what happens when we dispose of
