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I'm just over here practicing ancient crafts in increasingly futuristic times.
I am an interdisciplinary artist, working primarily in upcycled and homespun textiles. My grandmother and her sewing room scrap bin got me hooked around the same time I was learning to read. Whether costuming an opera cast, staying up all night making ball gowns, or creating some wacky thing to wear to a party, I love getting lost in a project and following it where the fabric takes me.
In my twenties, I had a 10-year love affair with the slightly more corporate world where I worked with investors and corporations on climate change and other aspects of Sustainability. That work, including supply chain issues, has led to a huge curiosity on how we produce textiles and how to reduce the impact of what has become a very destructive industry.
I'm curious about generational knowledge, trauma, wealth and what all of that means for those of us living now. I wonder about things like belonging, native vs. non-native, what it means to have a community, human suffering, climate change, planetary balance, qi, prana, energy, blood, nerves, muscles, bones, water, patterns, rebels, technology vs. progress and where to find rest when your brain is full of ideas.
Under the banner of Dirigo Linum, I am growing and processing my own linen, other textiles, and a dye garden to learn and share with my community. I offer talks and workshops on these topics.
Enigmatic Vesture is an exploration in upcycled and avant garde fashion. I'm drawn to concepts around armor, animals, and articulation.
I teach Fashion Fun at Mill Studio Arts in Biddeford, ME for an audience of 6 to 12 year old makers.
I'm a singer, performer, and licensed massage therapist (co-owner Hark House). Being and becoming embodied has had a strong influence on my interest in knowing the origin of the things I consume and touch.
I was born a few days shy of Earth Day in Eugene, OR. I now live in coastal Maine in a town that, by some measures, was home to the world's most productive cotton mill at one point in the 19th century, thanks to the incredible productivity of people working in terrible conditions and on the backs of enslaved folks who grew the cotton. This region was also occupied by Wabanaki people before european settlers harnessed the energy of the river to power the mill.
I'm just over here practicing ancient crafts in increasingly futuristic times.
I am an interdisciplinary artist, working primarily in upcycled and homespun textiles. My grandmother and her sewing room scrap bin got me hooked around the same time I was learning to read. Whether costuming an opera cast, staying up all night making ball gowns, or creating some wacky thing to wear to a party, I love getting lost in a project and following it where the fabric takes me.
In my twenties, I had a 10-year love affair with the slightly more corporate world where I worked with investors and corporations on climate change and other aspects of Sustainability. That work, including supply chain issues, has led to a huge curiosity on how we produce textiles and how to reduce the impact of what has become a very destructive industry.
I'm curious about generational knowledge, trauma, wealth and what all of that means for those of us living now. I wonder about things like belonging, native vs. non-native, what it means to have a community, human suffering, climate change, planetary balance, qi, prana, energy, blood, nerves, muscles, bones, water, patterns, rebels, technology vs. progress and where to find rest when your brain is full of ideas.
Under the banner of Dirigo Linum, I am growing and processing my own linen, other textiles, and a dye garden to learn and share with my community. I offer talks and workshops on these topics.
Enigmatic Vesture is an exploration in upcycled and avant garde fashion. I'm drawn to concepts around armor, animals, and articulation.
I teach Fashion Fun at Mill Studio Arts in Biddeford, ME for an audience of 6 to 12 year old makers.
I'm a singer, performer, and licensed massage therapist (co-owner Hark House). Being and becoming embodied has had a strong influence on my interest in knowing the origin of the things I consume and touch.
I was born a few days shy of Earth Day in Eugene, OR. I now live in coastal Maine in a town that, by some measures, was home to the world's most productive cotton mill at one point in the 19th century, thanks to the incredible productivity of people working in terrible conditions and on the backs of enslaved folks who grew the cotton. This region was also occupied by Wabanaki people before european settlers harnessed the energy of the river to power the mill.