{"id":2393,"date":"2025-11-24T13:29:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:59:52","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Castaways is a Danish design project founded by textile artist Henriette Giese, who specializes in creating unique, sustainable clothing using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/?page_id=2837\">nuno-feltin<\/a>g technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She uses this technique to transform discarded materials &#8211; primarily recycled silk saris from India and second-hand clothing &#8211; into new, high-quality garments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Technique<\/strong>: Wool fibers are felted directly into existing fabrics like silk, cotton, or linen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Result<\/strong>: This is used to creates a new living textile with structure and depth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aesthetic:<\/strong> Because the materials are recycled, every piece of clothing &#8211; whether it is a blouse, dress or scarf &#8211; is a unique creation, with its own expression and story.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5882-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5882-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5882-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5882-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5882-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5882-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5882-2-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A blouse under preparation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more examples, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/?page_id=2253\">gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henriette Giese has authored a book titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/?page_id=2015\">Old Clothes in Disguise<\/a>, which serves as a guide for using nuno-felting to repurpose old clothing into new designs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Castaways is a Danish design project founded by textile artist Henriette Giese, who specializes in creating unique, sustainable clothing using the nuno-felting technique. She uses this technique to transform discarded materials &#8211; primarily recycled silk saris from India and second-hand clothing &#8211; into new, high-quality garments. For more examples, see the gallery. Henriette Giese has&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/\">L\u00e6s mere <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2393"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3200,"href":"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2393\/revisions\/3200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castaways.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}