Raw Wool Fleeces Crate

Cream fleeces pile in their wooden vessel—raw wool fresh from shearing, the year's harvest of warmth waiting for its transformation. Raw Wool Fleeces Crate captures the pastoral economy at its most tactile, the material that has clothed humanity since we first learned to tend flocks. The lanolin-rich fibers catch light differently than any processed textile, their natural crimp and irregular surface creating texture that no machine can replicate. This is craft before craft begins, the raw material that connects modern knitter to ancient shepherd.

The palette celebrates the natural warmth within apparent whiteness—soft cream and ivory of the fleeces, warm gray and taupe of the aged wooden crate, subtle variations where light penetrates the woolly mass. The painterly technique renders the distinctive texture of raw fleece with attention to the way the fibers hold together in natural locks. The weathered wood provides grounding contrast to the softness it contains while warm light unifies the composition. The treatment transforms agricultural commodity into meditation on material and tradition, finding in this simple crate of wool the same worthy subject that Dutch masters found in more precious goods.