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Pillows made entirely from the Bordaleira sheep breed wool are the sustainability project’s business card that uses all wool of the approximately 25,000 sheep from the Serra da Estrela herds. An initiative that brought together the Department of Textile Science and Technology at UBI, the group “O Valor do Tempo” and local associations of shepherds and artisans.
All the 2021 wool purchased for this project, after washing, spinning, and weaving in Jaqcquard gave rise to the pillows filled with pure wool. With articulation between UBI professors, designers, and local artisans, the development and production process takes place.
“This project is an asset to the region and a finished example of economic and social sustainability. It takes advantage of resources and values local activities and does not use any dyeing process. The colors are brown and off-white, the natural colors of the embroiderers”, highlights Madalena Pereira, professor at the Department of Textile Science and Technology.
Sponsored by the group “O Valor do Tempo”, the project foresees that every year the full use of wool from the Serra da Estrela herds, hitherto considered as a by-product or even devalued as waste, will be made.