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# Derick Melander, Textile Artist

Textile artist creating second-hand clothing sculptures since 2002

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## Posts

- [Copenhagen, Gathering Threads](https://derickmelander.com/gathering-threads/) - For its first edition, upstate open studios (uos) includes over 185 artists who will open their studios on Saturday, July 19th & Sunday, July 20th, 11am - 6pm
- [New collaborative works with Kelly Reemsten](https://derickmelander.com/galleri-oxholm-show/) - For its first edition, upstate open studios (uos) includes over 185 artists who will open their studios on Saturday, July 19th & Sunday, July 20th, 11am - 6pm
- [Happy Pride](https://derickmelander.com/textile-sculpture-fundraiser/) - Textile sculpture ideation: In this early drawing, I imagined every piece of clothing I own—neatly folded, stitched end to end, and rolled into a spiral.
- [Fundraiser to Support LGBTQ+ Young People](https://derickmelander.com/happy-pride/) - I’m holding a fundraiser for The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ young people. This one-time sale runs June 24 – July 8
- [Alter & Circulate, TAG Projects](https://derickmelander.com/alter-circulate-tag-projects/) - This abstract clothing sculpture was commissioned by Eileen Fisher. It weighs approximately 800 lbs. After one year, this zero waste sculpture was recycled.
- [Artist in Residence, CAS](https://derickmelander.com/artist-in-residence-catskill-art-society/) - A design for a portable clothing sculpture to be installed in public plazas throughout Queens, NY. It's made from 8 units, to allow for multiple configurations.
- [Childhood Drawings](https://derickmelander.com/childhood-drawings-age-6/) - Drawings from my childhood drawn with various colored crayons. These drawings invoke happy childhood memories like spending time with my dad and going bowling.
- [Empty Gestures, 2018](https://derickmelander.com/empty-gestures/) - I always enjoy a blank sign or a marker that has lost its meaning. These objects draw our attention, but have nothing to say (like some people I know).
- [Join Me for Upstate Open Studios, July 19 & 20](https://derickmelander.com/join-me-for-upstate-open-studios-uos/) - For its first edition, upstate open studios (uos) includes over 185 artists who will open their studios on Saturday, July 19th & Sunday, July 20th, 11am - 6pm
- [Textile Art: Hand Sight (study)](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-hand-sight/) - I like the idea that the hand can 'see', making a picture in the mind of what it feels. A kind of synesthesia. This Photographic textile art piece explores that.
- [Collector Spotlight: Giorgia Lera](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-with-giorgia-lera/) - The engineer Giorgia Lera with with a photographic print of 'Night Sky', a textile art sculpture created by Derick Melander. As you can see, we went big!
- [Clothing Sculpture ~ Art Furniture](https://derickmelander.com/art-furniture-clothing-sculpture-tandem-repeat/) - I’m very happy to share my first art-furniture commission. These three clothing sculptures serve as bases for a glass-topped table. The color scheme was inspired by California’s legendary sunsets, but through the lens of memory, fantasy and photo manipulation.
- [Piled High – clothing sculpture featured in Selvedge Magazine](https://derickmelander.com/piled-high-selvedge-magazine-interview/) - Wherever they are found, these sculptures have a monumentality...In selecting second-hand clothing as his material for making art, Melander has made a critical decision about how this chosen material conveys the connection of memory to feeling
- [A tribute to the people of New York City](https://derickmelander.com/a-tribute-to-the-people-of-new-york-city/) - A clothing sculpture made from wood and thousands of second-hand garments, sourced from the local community during the pandemic. The title refers to the collective act of living through COVID-19.
- ["The Witness" – Up Next: Travers Park](https://derickmelander.com/date-change-the-witness-travers-park-queens/) - I was awarded two arts grants in 2021. With support from New York Foundation of The Arts and Queens Council on The Arts, I created a clothing sculpture made from wood and thousands of second-hand garments.
- [Art installation, Travers Park, Queens](https://derickmelander.com/art-installation-travers-park-jackson-heights-queens/) - These drawings seek to reconnect us with second-hand clothing and express the energy contained therein. I think of our clothing as our second skin.
- [Clothing Performance: Nomad (video), 2007](https://derickmelander.com/nomad-2007/) - Second-hand Clothing Art where clothing tags are used to create a poem.
- [A COVID-19 Memorial Proposal](https://derickmelander.com/a-covid-19-memorial/) - The Covid-19 memorial will offer a place for healing and introspection, to honor and release those who have died.
- [Let It Out Podcast](https://derickmelander.com/let-it-out-podcast/) - Thrilled to be interviewed by Katie Dalebout for the Let it Out podcast! We had so much to talk about, from second-hand clothing art, to listening nights, to lucid dreaming, to textile recycling...
- [Purple is so gay!](https://derickmelander.com/purple-is-the-gayest-color/) - Thank you, Mimi McGurl and Farm Arts Collective for your art talk on queer gardening. You helped me embrace purple, and gay up my garden!
- [The Witness, 2021](https://derickmelander.com/the-witness-2021/) - A design for a portable clothing sculpture to be installed in public plazas throughout Queens, NY. It's made from 8 units, to allow for multiple configurations.
- [Clothing Rubbings, Revisited](https://derickmelander.com/clothing-rubbings/) - These drawings seek to reconnect us with second-hand clothing and express the energy contained therein. I think of our clothing as our second skin.
- [Textile Recycling Resources](https://derickmelander.com/textile-recycling-resources-links/) - A complied list of good textile recycling resources that will creatively raise awareness around recycling and zero waste
- [Interview with The Listen Podcast](https://derickmelander.com/the-listen-podcast-interview/) - In my interview with Kate Jetmore of The Listen Podcast, we talked about the origin story of my work with second-hand clothing as well as other topics.
- ["A Shirts" – Wearable Clothing Sculpture](https://derickmelander.com/a-shirts-garment-design/) - Clothing Sculpture - A design for a folding screen, in the shape of a shirt cuff. An iron frame is wrapped with various textiles, pre-made and hand painted.
- [Clothing Performance: Shirt Masks](https://derickmelander.com/shirt-masks-clothing-art-performance/) - A pencil sketch of an idea for a future clothing performance piece.
- [Clothing Performance: Wearing Others](https://derickmelander.com/wearing-others-clothing-performance/) - A pencil sketch about a future clothing sculpture based upon a dream where I was standing in a pit and behind me stood my father as well as other family.
- [Clothing Drawing: Stick Woman (dream drawing)](https://derickmelander.com/stick-woman-clothing-sculpture/) - Another pencil sketch about a future clothing sculpture based off of a dream.
- [Studio Time: New Clothing Sculpture Commission with Diesel](https://derickmelander.com/studio-time-new-commission-with-diesel/) - Hard at work this past weekend embracing studio time, preparing a new second-hand clothing commission for Diesel to be exhibited in Paris at the YIA art fair.
- [Untitled Clothing Sculpture (corner piece), 2017](https://derickmelander.com/untitled-corner-sketch-monumental-clothing-sculpture/) - This is a sketch for a clothing sculpture comprised of 3175.15 kilograms of carefully folded second-hand clothing.
- [Diesel Clothing Sculpture Commission, Day 5 – Studio Time](https://derickmelander.com/diesel-commission-clothing-performance/) - Studio time preparing for a second-hand clothing sculpture commission with Diesel at YIA in Paris that would be set to debut in October 2017.
- [Clothing Sculpture Drawings From the Archive –  December, 2018](https://derickmelander.com/clothing-drawings-from-the-archive/) - Various pencil and watercolor studies for possible future second-hand clothing sculptures.
- [Eileen Fisher Clothing Sculpture Commissions: Brooklyn, Seattle & Detroit](https://derickmelander.com/eileen-fisher-comission-clothing-sculpture/) - Various clothing sculptures created for Eileen Fisher, all made up of second-hand clothing.
- [Styrofoam Fireplace (dream drawing)](https://derickmelander.com/dream-drawing-styrofoam-september-10th-2017/) - A pencil drawing of a dream where there was a fireplace filled with styrofoam blocks and then other stacked multicolored styrofoam pieces glued to the wall.
- [Pop-up Art Studio, Week Four – Jackson Heights, Queens](https://derickmelander.com/pop-up-art-studio-week-four-jackson-heights-queens/) - To Live is to Leave Traces takes place in a storefront art studio, open to the public, where I will show my second-hand clothing sculpture and other art work.
- [Art by my dad, Richard Melander](https://derickmelander.com/richard-melander-overview/) - Art by Richard Melander Styrofoam & Canvas Paper Glass Art by Richard Melander Styrofoam & Canvas Paper Glass My father, Richard Melander passed away in 2011. He was a great dad and a prolific artist. I’m featuring a small sample of his output, a glimpse into who he was and what he did. “Artwork is
- [Pop-up Art Studio, Week Two – Jackson Heights, Queens](https://derickmelander.com/pop-up-art-studio-week-two-jackson-heights-queens/) - To Live is to Leave Traces takes place in a storefront art studio, open to the public, where I will show my second-hand clothing sculpture and other art work.
- [Pop-up Art Studio, Week Three – Jackson Heights, Queens](https://derickmelander.com/pop-up-art-studio-week-three-jackson-heights-queens/) - To Live is to Leave Traces takes place in a storefront art studio, open to the public, where I will show my second-hand clothing sculpture and other art work.
- [Pop-up Art Studio, Week One – Jackson Heights, Queens](https://derickmelander.com/pop-up-art-studio-week-one-jackson-heights-queens/) - To Live is to Leave Traces takes place in a storefront art studio, open to the public, where I will show my second-hand clothing sculpture and other art work.
- [An Evening of Performance – Kaleidospace Collective](https://derickmelander.com/kaleidospace-performance/) - I provided space to this dynamic, young group of artists out of my Jackson Heights pop-up studio. The night consisted of music, performance, dance and theatre.
- [Folding Screen – Deconstructed Shirt Cuff](https://derickmelander.com/folding-screen-deconstructed-shirt-cuff/) - Clothing Sculpture - A design for a folding screen, in the shape of a shirt cuff. An iron frame is wrapped with various textiles, pre-made and hand painted.
- [Summer Studio, Eileen Fisher](https://derickmelander.com/summer-studio-eileen-fisher-textile-recycling/) - I spent the summer in Seattle for a residency getting ready and preparing to create a second-hand clothing sculpture for Eileen Fisher.
- [Print Love!](https://derickmelander.com/print-love/) - Various second-hand clothing sculptures and installation art shown in multiple magazines including GQ, Complex, Brutus and Textiel Plus.
- [New Drawings for 2019](https://derickmelander.com/new-clothing-drawings-for-2019/) - Various pencil drawings of second-hang clothing assemblages wrapped on panels and other ideas for outdoor sculptures.
- [Visiting Artist Lecture at Fashion Institute of Technology](https://derickmelander.com/visiting-artist-lecture-at-fashion-institute-of-technology/) - Visiting art lecture at the Fashion Institute of Technology where I talked about how I came to focus on second-hand clothing sculpture as an artist.
- [Workspace, St. Denis, Paris, France, 2017](https://derickmelander.com/diesel-st-denis-clothing-sculpture-fabrication/) - Here is the workspace for the second-hand clothing sculpture commission for Diesel in St. Denis, Paris, France.
- [Tree Catalog, 2017](https://derickmelander.com/tree-catalog/) - Possible future study where trees in the yard will be cataloged with yellow, hand painted numbers similar to the stairwells at Grand Central.
- [Muslim Prayer](https://derickmelander.com/muslim-prayer/) - A possible future textile installation art where I create bundles of second-hand clothing, laid out in rows inspired by Muslim prayer.
- [Prayer, Study](https://derickmelander.com/prayer-clothing-sculpture/) - This second-hand clothing sculpture is a quick study for a series of prayer bundles I've been thinking about
- [Night Road](https://derickmelander.com/night-road-photograph/) - A photo of a road at night that will be used as a photo reference for a future clothing sculpture.
- [Plant Prosthetic](https://derickmelander.com/plant-prosthetic-nature-art/) - A pencil sketch of a fantasy idea where artificial limbs or tree prosthetics can be created for trees that have been injured.
- [To Draw Next, 2004](https://derickmelander.com/plans-for-drawings-2004/) - A pencil sketch to-do list of various future clothing sculptures. These quick thumbnail sketches eventually became finished drawings.

## Pages

- [Home](https://derickmelander.com/) - Derick Melander creates clothing sculpture that explores the intersection between global consumerism and the intimate relationship we have with what we wear.
- [Universal Set (drawing), 2008](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/universalset-drawing/) - A graphite sketch of a clothing sculpture where recycled clothing and shoes are placed to take the form of a Venn diagram.
- [Hem 2, 2025](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/hem-2-2025/) - A collaboration between the textile artist Derick Melander and artist Kelly Reemsten, this work was created by rubbing the seams of clothing and adding acrylic.
- [Daisy Chain, 2019](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/crayon-rubbing-1-blue-shirt-daisy-chain-2019/) - This textile recycling art was made by buttoning four men's shirts together, in a daisy-chain fashion. I then created a rubbing from the second-hand clothing.
- [Story (drawing), 2010](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/story-2010-clothing-newspapers/) - A sketch of second-hand clothing sculpture that conveys drawing as thinking, thinking as drawing.
- [Party Dress with Bolt Cutters, 2025](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/hem-stripe/) - This collaboration between the painter Kelly Reemtsen and the textile artist Derick Melander. is made from 75 second-hand garments secured to a wooden base.
- [Zero Exposure, 2005](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/zeroexposure-2005/) - A colored pencil sketch creating a “Brand Poem” where imagined clothing tags (of actual, real brands) are drawn in a specific order to form a stanza.
- [Ambiance Dissolving, 2025](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/textile-art-ambiance-dissolving/) - This wall-work by textile artist Derick Melander was inspired by California’s legendary sunsets, filtered through advertising, memory and fantasy.
- [About](https://derickmelander.com/about/) - Textile Artist Derick Melander creates work that explores the intersection between global consumerism and the intimate relationship we have with what we wear.
- [Art Video & Documentation](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-videos/) - Videos about textile art, assemblage art and installation art by New York textile artist Derick Melander. Large-scale clothing sculptures for over 25 years.
- [The Witness, 2021](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/the-witness-clothing-sculpture/) - A sculpture made from wood and thousands of second-hand garments, sourced from the local community during the pandemic as a tribute to the people of New York.
- [Shadow Work, 2025](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/shadow-work/) - As a textile artist, I’m interested in the way clothing captures the traces we leave behind—and the quiet imprint of use. From shirt sleeves, wood and acrylic.
- [Underneath Your Architecture, 2024](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/gang/) - As a textile artist, I layered these garments from large to small, laid a piece of drafting film over top, and rubbed the seams with encaustic wax.
- [Whirled, 2024](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/whirled/) - Created textile artist Derick Melander, This piece was made by gluing the seams of second-hand clothing to a panel, creating a printing plate.
- [Yellow Dress with Burning House, 2025](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/hem-yellow-dress/) - When I make a work like this, it feels like I'm making a painting with our collective history. Second-hand clothing doesn’t represent people, it remembers them.
- [Grey Dress with Green Chainsaw, 2025](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/hem-green-chainsaw/) - This is one of 3 textile sculptures created by painter Kelly Reemtsen and textile artist Derick Melander for Galleri Oxholm in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- [Rapunzel, 2025](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/textile-art-rapunzel/) - A collaborative work between the painter Kelly Reemsten and the textile artist Derick Melander, created specifically for a show at Galerie Oxholm in Copenhagen.
- [Hem 1, 2025](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/textile-art-hem-1/) - A collaboration between myself and Kelly Reemsten, this work was created by rubbing the seams of unwanted second-hand clothing and adding layers of acrylic.
- [Gather 10, 2003](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/gather10-2003/) - A figure wearing a suit is delineated by piercing rag paper with needles and awls of varying diameters.
- [Bridge, 2004 (detail)](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/bridge-2004/) - A sketch of a clothing sculpture made up of a double stack of folded second-hand clothing stretched between the two.
- [Grasp (Maquette), 2004](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/graspstudy-2004/) - The shape of this clothing sculpture refers to the form of a grasping hand of an infant. This sculpture was created using recycled folded doll clothing.
- [Loop (drawing), 2004](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothingloop-2004/) - A study of clothing that shows various silhouettes of different garments and how they can be layered. Each layer is represented by a different color.
- [Untitled (25 Belts), 2005](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/25belts1-2005/) - An abstract sculpture created with recycled, second-hand belts that are wrapped around a vertical cleave in the trunk of a tree.
- [Ligature (Black), 2005](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/ligature-black/) - A pencil study of a clothing sculpture drawn on black rag paper where second-hand clothing with a network of belts provide lateral support to form an an arc.
- [Ligature, 2005](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/ligature-2005/) - A pencil study of a clothing sculpture where second-hand clothing with a network of belts provide lateral support to form an an arc.
- [Boundary, Installation Instructions, 2005](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/boundary-installation-instructions-page-1/) - This document provides instructions for creating clothing assemblage art using second-hand clothing for installation in a doorway.
- [Wedge, 2005](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/wedge-2005/) - An abstract sculpture created by using second-hand clothing where the brands embroidered on the tags are displayed one below the next creating a “Product Poem."
- [Grasp, 2005](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/grasp-2005/) - This installation art was created with second-hand clothing donations. The doorway of the sculpture is the width of an average person’s shoulders.
- [Clothing Loop, 2006](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothingloop-2006/) - A study of clothing using paper which is cut, folded and glued into a five layered box. The order of the silhouettes correlate to the way we layer our clothing.
- [Wilderness, 2006](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/wilderness-2006/) - A pencil sketch of an abstract clothing sculpture creating by using every piece of clothing I own, neatly folded and rolled into a spiral.
- [Unfoldables, 2006](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/dither2-2006/) - Second-hand garments too small, torn, or complicated to fold were placed into a corner stack to invite students to relax there between classes.
- [Dither, 2006](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/dither-2006/) - This second-hand clothing sculpture is comprised of two stacks that sit side by side with linear shaped garments in between to connect the stacks together.
- [Migration, 2006](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/migration-2006/) - A digital drawing of a recycled shoe sculpture where women’s shoes are affixed to the ceiling. The shoe strings then hang down and are tied to the men’s shoes.
- [Regeneration, 2006](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/regeneration-2006/) - An abstract sculpture where 30 articles of second-hand clothing were cut in half lengthwise, sewn end-to-end and wrapped around coat hooks.
- [Compression, 2007](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/compression3-2007/) - A sculpture where second-hand clothing is folded and crisscrossed around a central spine with darkest clothing at the bottom and the lightest at the top.
- [Lintscape, 2007 (small)](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/lintlandscapes-2007/) - A lint roller is used to collect loose fibres from large clothing sculptures, and the lint creates odd splotches and bands of color on the lint roller tape.
- [Shift 1, 2007](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/shift-1-2007/) - A pencil sketch of a clothing sculpture where a stack of folded second-hand clothing transitions through several different bands of color, texture and pattern.
- [Shift 3, 2007](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/shift-3-2007/) - A watercolor of a clothing sculpture where a stack of folded second-hand clothing transitions through several different bands of color, texture and pattern.
- [Shift 2, 2008](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/shift-2-2008/) - A watercolor of a clothing sculpture where a stack of folded second-hand clothing transitions through several different bands of color, texture and pattern.
- [Universal Set, 2008](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/univeralset-2008/) - This clothing sculpture uses recycled shoes that includes various boots and sneakers to overlap each other in order to take the form of a Venn diagram.
- [Lamination, 2008](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/lamination-2008/) - This clothing sculpture was created in several steps. 7 individual garments were de-constructed but when placed together comprise an outfit.
- [The Ocean is the Underlying Basis for Every Wave, 2008](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/toitubfew-2008/) - A clothing sculpture where an “S” shaped wall of folded and stacked second-hand clothing is sorted by color value and inspired by the ocean and waves.
- [Flesh of My Flesh, 2008](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/fleshofmyflesh-2008/) - A column of comprised of folded and stacked second-hand clothing. The darkest clothing is placed at the bottom and the top, transitioning to a white center.
- [My Agenda for Chaos, 2008](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/myagendaforchaos-2008/) - This installation art is comprised of 11 individual canvas panels in a frame where each panel has a hole cut, revealing a clothing tag to form a poem.
- [Filter, 2009](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/filter-2009/) - A second-hand clothing sculpture that was created specifically for this location. It joins a wall with a column in the center of the room, creating an alcove.
- [Into the Fold (Queens Museum), 2009](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/intothefold-2009/) - This second-hand clothing art was created for the Queens Museum where a clothing drop bin was used to collect donations and create a cube, arranged by color.
- [Silence, 2009](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/silence-2009/) - This site specific clothing assemblage art was created for System:System where in a former nun’s quarters, a doorway was filled with recycled clothing.
- [Into the Fold (Brooklyn Borough Hall), 2009 (video)](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/boroughhall-video/) - With over 20 volunteers, I created a monumental clothing sculpture from 3,615 pounds of second-hand clothing, resulting in a 5 x 6 foot cube made in 4 sections.
- [Into the Fold (Brooklyn Borough Hall), 2009](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/into-the-fold-brooklyn-borough-hall-2009/) - With over 20 volunteers, I created a monumental clothing sculpture from 3,615 pounds of second-hand clothing, resulting in a 5 x 6 foot cube made in 4 sections.
- [Into the Fold (Brooklyn Borough Hall), 2009](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/into-the-fold-brooklyn-2009-sketch/) - A sketch created in pencil to convey a clothing sculpture made from second-hand clothing, created by 4 separate sections with each a different color scheme.
- [Am I Really All the Things That Are Outside Of Me?, 2009 (video)](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/am-i-really-video/) - A portrait comprised of carefully folded and stacked second-hand clothing. Each garment is categorized by hue and crisscrossed around a central spine.
- [Am I Really All the Things That Are Outside Of Me?, 2009](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/am-i-really/) - A portrait comprised of carefully folded and stacked second-hand clothing. Each garment is categorized by hue and crisscrossed around a central spine.
- [Story, 2010](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/story-clothing-sculpture/) - This three-part sculpture is made from second-hand t-shirts. Many show the passage of time in their partial disintegration, others express the personality of those who wore them.
- [Into the Fold (Friends), 2010](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-sculpture-into-the-fold-friends-2010/) - An 8 x 8-foot clothing sculpture created during the Friends Seminary “Peace Week” celebration where the clothing was then sent to Haiti for the relief effort.
- [Into the Fold (Friends), 2010 (video)](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/into-the-fold-friends-video-2010/) - An 8 x 8-foot clothing sculpture created during the Friends Seminary “Peace Week” celebration where the clothing was then sent to Haiti for the relief effort.
- [Night Sky, 2010](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/night-sky-2010/) - A pencil and watercolor sketch depicting a second-hand clothing sculpture inspired by the night sky.
- [Social Mobility, 2010](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/social-mobility-interactive-clothing-sculpture/) - This second-hand clothing sculpture is one of several created for a show at The University of Maryland. It was taken for regular walks around campus by staff.
- [Scrim Below, 2010](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/scrim-below-2010/) - A pencil sketch of an abstract clothing sculpture made from stitched together shirt arms. This sculpture would be installed to hang from the ceiling.
- [Scrim, Above, 2010](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/scrim-above/) - A pencil sketch of an abstract clothing sculpture made from stitched together shirt arms. This sculpture would be installed to hang from the ceiling.
- [Clamp, 2010](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clamp-2010/) - A pencil sketch of a clothing sculpture where folded second-hand clothing is held together with a clamp.
- [Voices, 2010](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-stories-voices-2010/) - A pencil sketch of a clothing sculpture
- [Interior, University of Maryland, 2010](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/installation-study-interior-2010/) - This is a preparatory sketch of a second-hand clothing sculpture for a solo show at The University of Maryland.
- [Exterior, University of Maryland, 2010](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-pile-installation-study-exterior/) - This drawing of a second-hand clothing was done in preparation for a solo show at The University of Maryland.
- [Clothing Sculpture: Suspension 4, 2002](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/suspension-4-2002/) - This abstract sculpture shows a vintage metal suitcase painted black sitting on top of second-hand clothing. The lid has a carved outline of a male figure.
- [Clothing Drawing: Wall, 2003](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothingwall-2003/) - A sketch to demonstrate how to create a wall using second-hand clothing by stacking and folding garments.
- [Clothing Sculpture: Where Do I Stop, Where Do You Begin (Singular), 2003](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/where-do-i-stop-where-do-you-begin-singular-2003/) - These stacks of second-hand clothing extend from floor to ceiling, starting with outer layer garments and ending with pieces worn directly against the skin.
- [Clothing Sculpture: Where Do I Stop, Where Do You Begin, 2003](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/wdis-wdyb-2003/) - These stacks of second-hand clothing extend from floor to ceiling, starting with outer layer garments and ending with pieces worn directly against the skin.
- [Clothing Sculpture: Clothing Loop (study), 2003](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothingloop-2003/) - A silhouette of a clothed figure is hand cut into a scroll of heavy, rag paper while a second silhouette is painted on the opposite side of the paper.
- [Clothing Drawing: Float, 2003](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/float-2003/) - A digital recreation of a photo of Jody Rhone
- [Clothing Drawing: Gather 14, 2003](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/gather14-2003/) - A figure wearing a suit is delineated by piercing rag paper with needles and awls of varying diameters.
- [The Painful Spectacle of Finding Oneself, 2010-11](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-sculpture-the-painful-spectacle-of-finding-oneself/) - This series of works are made up of folded second-hand clothing where each are built in 2 sections which can be combined and re-configured.
- [Galaxy, 2011](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-roll-galaxy-2011/) - This abstract clothing sculpture consists of 60 second-hand scarves sewn together end-to-end and wound into a tight spiral.
- [Circuit, Galaxy & Untitled (video), 2011](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/circuit-galaxy-untitled-mobile-2011/) - A Youtube video about three different abstract sculptures from 2011 all created with second-hand clothing and shoes.
- [Circuit, 2011](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/shoe-sculpture-circuit-2011/) - Second-hand sculpture using 33 pairs of TOMS shoes, daisy-chained together, to form an oval. Every other lace of the sculpture is white forming a dotted line.
- [Drift Companion, 2011](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/drift-companion-clothing-wedge/) - This corner clothing sculpture is a companion piece to Drift from the same year, utilizing monochromatic second-hand garments.
- [Drift, 2011](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-sculpture-drift-2011/) - This sculpture is sorted by color, arranged in the order of the spectrum. The garments are rolled and layered to form colorful striations like swelling waves.
- [Drift Skater, 2011](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-drawing-drift-skater-2011/) - This work is a study for Drift, a large-scale clothing sculpture created for No Waste, a fibre exhibition at Columbia College Chicago, focused on textile waste.
- [Between Immanence and Transcendence, 2012](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/between-immanence-and-transcendence-clothing-roll/) - This clothing sculpture consists of my family's old clothing. The second-hand clothing was sorted from light to dark, sewn, folded, and then tightly rolled.
- [Wilderness, 2012](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-roll-wilderness-2012/) - Over one hundred second-hand garments are sorted by type and folded 12 inches wide. They are tightly rolled with the final outside layer stitched in place.
- [Connection, 2012](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/connection-clothing-drawing/) - A study for a clothing sculpture where second-hand garments are folded in half and wound around each other. Sleeves reach up with the aid of monofilament. 
- [Sleeve Moonscape, 2013](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-sleeve-landscape-1-2013/) - Graphite sketch depicting shirt sleeves sewn into a grid, wired up and treated to stand.
- [Sleeve Quilt, 2013](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-sleeve-landscape-2-2013/) - Graphite sketch depicting shirt sleeves sewn into a grid, wired up and treated to stand up.
- [Caterpillar, 2014](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/caterpillar/) - A sketch of a clothing sculpture made up of second-hand clothing sculpted to look like a caterpillar.
- [Caterpillar, 2014 (gouache)](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/caterpillar-gouache/) - A gouache painting of a clothing sculpture made up of second-hand clothing inspired by scarecrows.
- [Wall (clay), 2015](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-wall-clay-2015/) - A study for a work in clay created using wax pencil & gouache.
- [Tollens, 2015](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/tollens-2015/) - I made a second-hand clothing sculpture incorporating antique furniture displayed in the study of Hendrik Tollens now at Museum Rijswijk in The Netherlands.
- [Stilt House, 2015](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/stilt-house-2015/) - A graphite sketch of a fantasy tiny house complete with screened-in porch.
- [Untitled (stripes), 2016](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/untitled-stripes-2016/) - To create this sculpture, I sorted each second-hand garment from dark to light, factoring in the proportion of the stripes and the intensity of the colors.
- [Untitled (pink), 2016](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-sculpture-pink-2016/) - To create this clothing sculpture, each second-hand garment was sorted from dark to light with some adjustments to account for intensity.
- [Trace, 2016](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-sculpture-trace-2016/) - This textile art is created with whole second-hand garments, folded to six inches wide and stapled into a wooden frame for easy transport.
- [Night Sky, 2016](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-stack-night-sky-2016/) - A clothing sculpture inspired by the night sky where second-hand clothing transitions from orange and yellow to aqua, periwinkle, lavender and royal blue.
- [Ceaselessly Broken and Reconstituted, 2017](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/ceaselessly-broken-and-reconstituted/) - An abstract cube of carefully folded second-hand clothing. In this clothing sculpture, the color values transition from dark to light and then back again.
- [Playing Card Sketches, 2018](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/playing-card-drawings-2018/) - These tiny sketches for sustainable clothing sculptures were created as a conversation starter when designing new clothing assemblages for Eileen Fisher.
- [Separating Being From Becoming, 2018](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-stack-separating-being-from-becoming/) - This clothing sculpture was commissioned by Eileen Fisher. After one year, the clothing was recycled as part of their sustainability program.
- [All is Actually Each, 2018](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-sculpture-all-is-actually-each/) - This abstract clothing sculpture was commissioned by Eileen Fisher. It weighs approximately 800 lbs. After one year, this zero waste sculpture was recycled.
- [Clamp Dispersal, 2017-19](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-stack-clamp-dispersal/) - A pencil drawing exploring an idea of various abstract sculptures where second-hand clothing is compressed between plywood blocks, held in place by bar clamps.
- [Garment Paintings, 2019](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-paintings-2019/) - I created this drawing to work out ideas for clothing assemblage wall works. The second-hand clothing scraps will be combined with mixed media & stretched.
- [You Are My Other Me, 2019](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/you-are-my-other-me-clothing-sculpture/) - This clothing sculpture was made with donations from the Hong Kong community to bring people together around the idea of textile recycling and sustainability.
- [Atmosphere, 2019](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/atmosphere-clothing-sculpture/) - This clothing sculpture was commissioned by Swire in Hong Kong. The goal was to connect people and inspire them to be more sustainable on a day-to-day basis.
- [A cloud reveals the moon, 2018](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/a-cloud-obscures-the-moon/) - This abstract clothing sculpture was commissioned by Eileen Fisher. It weighs approximately 800 lbs. After one year, this zero waste sculpture was recycled.
- [Untitled 2 (red/blue double), 2019](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/crayon-rubbing-2-red-blue-double-2019/) - This work shows the layering of t-shirts, like growth rings. They are distinct and overlapping at the same time. It was made possible with a grant from The QCA.
- [Untitled 4 (yellow glow), 2019](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/crayon-rubbing-4-yellow-glow-2019/) - While looking a bit like an x-ray or rayograph, this drawing is a crayon rubbing. This crayon rubbing is saddle-stitched to museum board.
- [Untitled 3 (Layers, Onesie), 2019](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/crayon-rubbing-3-layers-onesie-2019/) - To create this crayon rubbing, I layered the second-hand clothing from large to small. The arrangement references growth and the passing of time.
- [Our Laundry, Our Town, 2019](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/our-laundry-our-town/) - During a pop-up open studio in Queens, I created this crayon rubbing by cutting the seams out of second-hand clothing and arranging the scraps on a table.
- [Untitled 6 (aggregate), 2019](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-rubbing-aggregate-2019/) - This crayon rubbing is saddle-stitched to museum board. It was produced during a pop-up open studio in Queens with a grant from The Queens Council on the Arts.
- [Clothing Devil, 2019-21](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-devil/) - This fibre art study depicts garments traced and cut from sheets of copper to appear as if they are caught in a whirlwind. Is it a storm or is it a dance?
- [Path (field, loop), 2022](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/textile-art-path-field-loop-2022/) - This art video is a poetic expression of what I do as a textile artist. People live their lives, discard clothing, and I follow behind them collecting it…
- [Red Legs, 2023](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-drawing-red-legs-2023/) - This fibre art study depicts garments traced and cut from sheets of copper to appear as if they are caught in a whirlwind. Is it a storm or is it a dance?
- [To Reshuffle the Sun, 2023](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/clothing-sculpture-to-reshuffle-the-sun-2023/) - In the fall of 2023, I covered the lawn in Travers Park, Queens, with second-hand clothing. I arranged the garments like a giant color wheel but with a dark center and a light outer edge. It ended up being over 100 feet wide, the largest clothing sculpture I have ever created. A one-day event, this I was awarded two arts grants in 2021. With support from New York Foundation of The Arts and Queens Council on The Arts, I created a sculpture made from wood and thousands of second-hand garments. The clothing was sourced from the local community during the pandemic and is a tribute to the people of New York City.
- [Tandem Repeat, 2023](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/art-furniture-tandem-repeat/) - Three clothing sculptures made from up-cycled second-hand clothing, which serve as a base for a glass-topped table. Inspired by California’s legendary sunsets.
- [Teeth Reclining, 2024](https://derickmelander.com/textile-art-and-clothing-sculpture/black-white-arms/) - In my work as a textile artist, I often encounter hand-sewn repairs, threadbare fabric, and collars inscribed with names. Second-hand clothing doesn’t represent people. It remembers them.
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