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CAMILA BARVO
‘DES-HILADO’
This cartography unveils the strong and emotional relationship hair holds with femininity and identity.
From textile gestures such as embroidering and unraveling she stitched the transformation stages lived when
she chemically manipulated the appearance of her curls.

‘Des-hilado’ meaning ‘unraveled’ in spanish symoblizes an internal process of unlearning and deconstructing
“absolute truths”, resignifying beauty standards and treasuring hair as a vehicle for true identity.


Hand embroidered cotton, wool, yute and fique fibers.

Naturally dyed with colombian coffee and ginger.

Dimensions: 2 m x 90 cm. 2021





Unraveled and shibori details.
Braided wool
Couched fique details
Back stiches. 

Process
Stitching in film 
Shibori and Ombré dying results.
Shibori stitches before dying.
Coffee dying process.
Coffee dye shibori details.