La Conquista

La Conquista stands for a small assembly of jute products / accessories aswell as a capsule collection of women's clothes, inspired by islamic graphics, architecture and my overall love for Spain.

A year ago, Koffiekàn, an ethical & sustainable coffee-roasting factory, gave me the opportunity to use their old coffeebags for making new products. As a strong believer in promoting recycling & upcycling, this new challenge was -again- right up my alley!

Every product I made is limited, since all the materials (lining / wool & sewing thread for embroidery / buckles /...) are either second-hand, designer-overstock, inherited or leftovers.
In case you're interested in one of the products, do not hesitate to contact me!

This is only the beginning, I fell in love with the material... a whole new world opened up for me; so you can expect more jute products in the future!

* April 20th 15:00 - 21:00 home-expo @Tarbot35 - contact me @sharon.slingeneyer@telenet.be for an invitation! *



Paloma basket - an Ode to Spain

 

Jute: Koffiekán - Lining: overstock / present / final series - Wool: inheritance Taant



Franka belt - an Ode to my Heroine

Jute: Koffiekán - Sewing thread: inheritance Antoinette & Taant
Lining: overstock / present / final series - Buckles: flea market / inheritance Antoinette & Taant


Carmen wallet - an Ode to a mentor

Jute: Koffiekán - Sewing thread: inheritance Antoinette & Taant
Lining: overstock / present / final series - Zippers: new - Binding ribbon: flea market



Juta tote bag - an Ode to Jute (Sanskrit for pigtail)

Jute: Koffiekán - Lining: final series - Sewing thread: inheritance Antoinette & Taant
Straps: leftovers - Leather: present - Wool: inheritance Taant & leftovers
Rings: new


Sharon Slingeneyer carpet

Jute: Koffiekán - Embroidery wool: inheritance Taant
A collaboration with Take A Seat



Conquista folding screen

Jute: Koffiekán - folding screen: new & pimped :-)


Let there be light lampshade

Jute: Koffiekán - lamp: property of friends, thank you Pieter & Eva for letting me use yours!



Erika poncho shawl - an Ode to Almuñecar

Fabric: overstock - Sewing thread: inheritance Antoinette & Taant



Carlina blouse - an Ode to mum & a mentor

Fabric: overstock / final series  - Sewing thread: flea market / inheritance Antoinette & Taant



Reyes skirt - an Ode to queens & One queen in particular

Fabric: final series / vintage - Lining: final series -
Sewing thread: inheritance Antoinette & Taant - Zippers & elastic: new



40°03'09.98" Tee - an Ode to Menorca

Fabric: final series / overstock - Sewing thread: new
Ribbon: flea market



Sofía hairband - an Ode to the Spanish Queen

Fabric: present / overstock - Sewing thread & elastic: inheritance Antoinette & Taant


Maria Luísa bracelet

Jute: Koffiekán - leather: recycled
A collaboration with Marlies Davans

Process Not Product

It's been a while! :-)
The last two months were the first of my sabbatical year...
I immediately jumped into a creative rollercoaster and started working on a new project for De Invasie Van Gent.
So overexcited as I was about my newly-gained freedom, no second was lost in creating as much as possible :-)
So, here's a little 'behind the screens' from that period, very soon I'll show you more of the finished products!

P.S. Process not product fits perfectly with this post; a while ago I read Dave's inspiring blog and Leanne's mantra "process, not product" stuck with me, as I also enjoy every step of creating!

 moodboard

must find a rubber-finger-thingie in the future :-)

 

 Fleamarket findings

Spreading the word!

 A little pimp-project on the side for Beresterk

My main material :-)

I see oldskool logos on the way, do you recognize it? :-)

I see the sea

 

I nsta LIKE

Since I've indulged myself with a 'smart' phone, I've been fooling around with this addictive app Instagram for a little while :-)
I've always loved taking pictures, keeping a kind of photo-diary of life, so this app was right up my alley.

If you like my insta-pics, you can also follow all of them here !

AND...
More tangible projects to come pretty soon, since I'm taking a one-year-could-be-even-longer-career-leave as from february!

Impatience is a virtue

I quite enjoyed upholstering this little wooden box.
It made me realise again that I actually adore meticulous and painstaking work.

I was supposed to be this very impatient person, but challenging myself this way gave me peace...
who would've thought :-)


Good luck with your box, Valentine!

fiONa.

A small collaboration between my good friend/designer Fia (aka Little Miss Y) and me resulted in a capsule collection of children's pyama's.
All it took was blood, sweat and lots of giggling. DEFINITELY to be continued :-)

Finishing off...

the last cushions of this collection.

I can't get enough of combining these fabrics... blame it on rare, fortuitious, Belgian stocksales ;-)

Alas... current kapok is used up... more combo's to come in the future!
As for now... off to new project-horizons!

Warm Boy

Yes, even my boyfriend needs a new sweater once in a decade!
I used some lovely fabric I found at Dries Van Noten's stocksale a while ago, hem & collar are the same but reversed.
Maybe new trousers and hairdo will be my next assignment, it all depends on the king's wishes :-)
Currently I have plenty more of this fabric to share, so let me know in case you're interested in one of these!

Yes You Can - the story goes on

New storage cans available!
For sale at Koffiekàn
view the full story behind these cans here