Origin story

Fibre Alchemy began not as a business, but as an artist’s relationship with material. 

“In the early stages of working with sari silk, I purchased retail in small quantities. As my sculptural work evolved and expanded in scale, the need for larger volumes of fibre slowly emerged”. - Founder Rachel Theodorakis.

What began as a single gifted skein of silk evolved into a deeper inquiry into origin, ethics, and cultural practices. 

Seeking wholesale recycled sari silk was not simply a business decision. It marked a shift from isolated making to conscious sourcing, acknowledging that material is never neutral. Each ribbon of sari silk is imbued with cultural meaning and human touch.  

The loose ends are salvaged from commercial sari mills in India and transformed by women’s cooperatives who tear, overdye, stitch, and knot it by hand. This layered history is embedded in the fibre itself.

Fibre Alchemy’s recycled silk skeins are hand crafted works of art long before they make their way into our hands.

“My love for this extraordinary material has grown in honour of that lineage. Recycled sari silk is rich with history and potential. It arrives already charged with colour, memory, and life and it asks to be transformed rather than consumed. In my own practice, it is woven into sculptural beings; in yours, it will find new form with your voice”. - RT.

Fibre Alchemy offers this fibre to artists and artisans as a living material. One that embraces story, energy, and the possibility of becoming. The transformation continues—from fibre into form, from past into present.