blurring the lines between fashion, fine arts and function, it is the ability to create, construct and ultimately convey a visual language all our own that renders textiles one of the greatest tools in the exploration of our everyday.

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choosing to work predominately with that which would otherwise go to waste, Coates leans more towards the experimentation of a technique than the pursuit of a specific concept or result. each piece thus taking on the shape of small samples, clusters and collages aimed at the exploration and documentation of a given process, material, colour or use.