Good Sport
Good Sport is an accessory range made with the leather remnants from Australian cricket balls. For decades the leather waste has been discarded in Australia, O.S Initiative continues the practice of fashioning the waste into original product ideas, first established by n+1 equals interdisciplinary studio in Melbourne in 1999.
Incidentally, if unfamiliar with the game of cricket it unites Britain with Commonwealth nations in a shared sporting mystique. It is part of the Australian experience; played by communities through decades of change it has long been associated with notions of 'fair play' and good sportsmanship.
Good Sport is industrious fashion and we love it!
Bowling Arm ®
Bowling Arm® is a fashion accessory made with the red, white and yellow leather remnants from Australian cricket balls. Each leather ring is different because of the manufacturing process, a combination of the machine and the hand. The rings will stretch to fit all wrist sizes and acquire character from wear. Bowling Arm®is a simple idea – it is about making something nothing. It supports the design and production of sustainable product ideas and embraces the joy of storytelling.
Maiden Over™
Maiden Over™ is a unique hand-made product from the O.S Initiative studio, worn as a necklace long or short, cut it to desired lengths, or wear it like a sash or belt. Available in yellow, the long wearable rope is crafted by knotting together the soft leather remnants from indoor cricket balls. Maiden Over™ is a tribute to the craft activities of Victorian schoolchildren in Australia the 1980’s. Experimenting with the remnants from cricket balls in art and craft classes, they learnt to knot the leather together to make skipping ropes for fun and games.
Straight up-and-down
Straight up-and-down is a curtain wall for the interior. Useful as a divider, feature or wall tapestry Straight up-and-down is composed of numerous lengths of knotted leather waste from indoor cricket balls. Available in lots of 100 the curtain wall may grow in size by adding lengths to the suspension rail.
Stockists
Melbourne
KFIVE
Eastern Market
National Design Centre
Sydney
Collect
Space Furniture
Museum of Contemporary Art Store
Brisbane
Queensland Art Gallery Store
Perth
FORM at Craftwest
Good Sport by O.S Initiative © 2007
Photography: Tobias Titz www.tobiastitz.de
Catalogue design: Peter Citroni
Styling: O.S Initiative www.osinitiative.com
Model: Nerida @ Vivien`s Model Management Melbourne www.vivienscreative.com.au
Hair and makeup: Sina Velke @ Vivien`s Creative Management Melbourne www.vivienscreative.com.au
