2022. Orange Hand-Woven Dress. Inspired by Textile Museum in Prato, Italy, I constructed a dress using hand woven fabric with hand-dyed yarns. Thinking of the construction of a garment as a whole, I wanted to create the fabric by hand and feel my fabric drape over the manequin. This was a beautiful process as a maker.
2023. Blue Hand-Woven Dress. Made from Italian Silk Yarn bought in Florence, I hand-wove a large piece of fabric, plain weave, and draped over the mannequin. Everything is hand-sewn.
2023. Plush Couch. Hand woven patterned fabric made with hand dyed yarns. I thrifted three chairs and attached them together to use as a base for my plush couch. I formed the whimsical shape over the base with my hand woven fabric, making it fully functional.
2023. Plush Table. Hand woven fabric made with hand-dyed yarns. I thrifted a side table for a base, and constructed a plush whimsical table with exaggerated features; finishing with hand beading.
2023. Plush Star Chair. I hand dyed yarns and wove a honeysuckle pattern fabric. Using a thrifted chair as a base, I created this plush chair that is functional, yet so whimsical. The star cut-out is the focal point, but exaggerated features on the chair cannot be missed. Everything on the piece is hand sewn.
2022. My First Florence Weaving. Made from Cotton and Wool Yarns bought in Florence, I wove an 8-harness pattern for the first time. The colors are greatly inspired by Florence, Italy where the blanket was created during my semester study abroad.
2023. Oil Painting Tapestry. Tapestry made with completely hand-dyed yarns; I individually dyed over 30 different colors for this piece. I always thought I would pursue oil painting until I found weaving. I wanted to combine my oldest passion with my newest, creating an oil-painting-looking tapestry.
2022. Red Hat. Whimsical red hat constructed from hand woven fabric made with hand-dyed yarns. The inside of the hat is lined with hand woven fabric with a honeysuckle pattern.
2022. Green Hat. Whimsical green hat made from hand-woven fabric with hand-dyed yarns. The inside fabric is hand-woven fabric with a honeysuckle pattern.
2021. Garden Tapestry. Floral inspired tapestry weaving with primarily thrifted/re-used yarns. I am interested in using many textures and colors in my work, and am strongly inspired by nature and its beauty. Floral imagery is very feminine, and I embrace my femininity through my work, especially in my weavings.
2022. Florence Bus Fabric Scarf. 8-harness pattern weaving made in Italy. This was a pattern inspired by the upholstery fabric on the bus I took on my school field trips in Florence! The acrylic-wool blend yarn was bought in Florence.
2022. Color Block Scarf. 8-harness weaving made in Florence, Italy. I used 4 different warp colors and 6 different weft colors. I wanted to experiment with combinations of colors in this weaving and how they would interact; Influenced by Color Block Theory. The acrylic- wool yarn blend was bought in Florence.
2021. What Will You Do With All Your Power? A tapesry weaving with found yarns shaped into a naked lady pillow. Being a woman means holding this unexplainable and unlimited capability to be used, and for what? A power of some sort, that is embedded within us that we each find throughout our lives. Passion for art, literature, cinema, love... as a female, what will you do with all of your power?
2022. Hand-Woven Pillow. 4-harness pattern weaving with hand-dyed warps and weft. After weaving this large piece of fabric I formed it into a pillow.
2022. Blue Rainbow Scarf. 4 harness pattern weaving. I hand dyed the warp and weft for this piece. The yarns for the warp and the weft are 100% cotton.
2022. Shawl. Simple pattern weave I draped into a shawl. I added fringe onto the sides of the weaving instead of the end, when worn it creates a collar-type piece on the fabric.
2023. Tea-Dyed Scarf. Made with Italian Silk Yarns, I naturally hand-dyed the silk yarns with coffee and tea. The weaving is an 8-harness pattern.
2022. Experimental Weaving. The warp and weft are both hand dyed with MX dyes, and the colors change throughout the yarns. I experimented with spacing throughout the weaving, in some places not beating the yarns down very hard. Embellished with beads and sparkle yarns.
Me weaving in Italy!