Agustina Woodgate Rugs

The skin rugs series has taken woodgate nearly two years to complete and has involved a painstaking process that has her cutting up cuddly stuffed animals into various patterns and stitching.

Agustina woodgate rugs.

For the first time argentinian artist agustina woodgate s rug collection is being presented together in a solo exhibition at the art and culture center of hollywood. Woodgate reported being an avid collector of. Agustina woodgate an artist originally from buenos aires and now based in miami has created skin rugs a collection of hand sewn rugs made from the skin of donated stuffed animals. Agustina woodgate creates art across multiple disciplines her primary focus being the interplay between human beings and their surroundings.

Woodgate s rug no rain no rainbows has previously featured in cover magazine and there is now an entire collection of the hand sewn rugs made from the pelts of stuffed toy animals. Early life and education. Woodgate was born in 1981 in buenos aires argentina. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover agustina.

Born in buenos aires woodgate moved to miami in 2004 where she gained recognition for covertly stitching labels inscribed with poems into thrift store clothing poetry bombing and for her work made with human hair. Agustina woodgate born february 27 1981 is an argentinian artist who lives and works between amsterdam and miami.