Tag: Textile Recycling Art

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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.
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.
This Thursday is looking like the perfect day for an outdoor clothing sculpture installation. So enough nail-biting, I’m calling it! Come by in the morning to see us in action, or after lunch to see the completed piece.
These drawings seek to reconnect us with second-hand clothing and express the energy contained therein. They evolved out of my respect for second-hand clothing, which I think of as our second skin.
Purple is the gayest color. Only last year, while working on the clothing sculpture The Witness, did I learn that, but I suspect I always knew. Which explains why I never wore purple. Even once. Newly aware of this..
Thrilled to be interviewed by Katie Dalebout for the Let it Out podcast! We had so much to talk about, from clothing sculpture, to listening nights, to lucid dreaming, to textile recycling...
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.