Indrė Mikuckė – New Materiality: Interweaving Creative Experimentation and Dialogue with Nature

Indrė Mikuckė is a clothing and accessories designer, lecturer in the Fashion Design study programme at Kauno Kolegija Higher Education Institution, and Junior Researcher at the Creative Interdisciplinary NEB Research Centre at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Her research seeks to transform harmful processes into more sustainable ones by engaging with the natural environment. Through hands-on experimentation, she explores the potential of new surfaces and alternative forms of leather, aiming to reconnect human life with the natural world as an interconnected fabric. Her work bridges creative practice and ecological responsibility, contributing to the future of biobased materials.