Jasmine Dhika
Textiles Master
Royal College of Art
Specialisms: Material Innovation / Sustainable Design / Textiles - Weave
Location: London, United Kingdom
Jasmine Dhika
First Name: Jasmine
Last Name: Dhika
Specialisms: Material Innovation / Sustainable Design / Textiles - Weave
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My Location: London, United Kingdom
University / College: Royal College of Art
Course / Program Title: Textiles Master
About
Jasmine Dhika is a London-based multidisciplinary textile designer exploring the intersection of traditional ecological knowledge, material innovation, to pursue a more regenerative system in the industry. Her practice celebrates traditional science as a foundation for sustainable futures, documenting and reimagining traditional fibers cultivated through multi-cropping and crop rotation within fiber-food systems.
Rooted in her upbringing and learning from her mother who practiced gardening and composting, her work is a tribute to the wisdom of generations.
Through her study, Dhika is developing bio-textiles from agricultural by-product, exploring material properties for textiles. Her work seeks to decolonize material knowledge, honor its origins, and support communities in safeguarding biodiversity through thoughtful design.
banana as matter, tradition as knowledge
“Banana as Matter, Tradition as Knowledge” explores the banana plant as both a material and a vessel of cultural knowledge. Using the pseudo-stem, the plant’s main agricultural by-product, the project highlights banana fibre as a regenerative material requiring no extra land, water, or fertilizer. Traditionally used in Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines to make textiles, ropes, and papers, the fibre is processed without added chemicals or synthetic bonding. These practices reflect ancestral knowledge of the plant’s potential. Through material experimentation, the project reconnects ecological responsibility with cultural memory, proposing low-impact systems rooted in traditional wisdom for the future.
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