Explore The Craft

The experimentations started at the Royal college of art’s Cafeteria. Yahvi’s process is grounded in slow, intentional making—reclaiming kitchen waste and transforming it into materials that carry memory, care, and resilience. Now at Peel studio every textile begins with what most would throw away.

Materials and tools

Each woven piece is left untreated and undyed. The natural tones—chalky whites, deep browns, and soft pinks—are preserved as they are. Imperfection is embraced. What emerges is not just a textile, but a quiet dialogue between nature, craft, and memory.

All materials are sourced locally—often from Yahvi’s own kitchen or nearby cafés. Banana peels, eggshells, and avocado pits are cleaned, boiled, dried, and carefully transformed into biomaterials by hand. Each material brings its own qualities. They become raw material for the handcrafted biomaterial wefts. Banana Fibre sourced from a remote cluster in India is also used in the weft

There are no added dyes; instead, the work celebrates the natural tones and textures of the waste itself.
Occasionally, Repurposed fiber waste are introduced to create vibrant woven embellishments while maintaining a zero-waste approach.

The warp is made using surplus yarns collected over time, chosen for their strength and ability to support the unconventional weft. Weaving is done entirely by hand using a second-hand four-shaft table loom or a Japanese Saori loom. The process is slow and intuitive, guided by the feel and behaviour of each material.