Ode to Sewn, 2024
Ode to Sewn reflects my perspective on the world of slow fashion, design, texture, and color.
Four years ago, my outlook on clothing greatly shifted when I learned how to sew. As I strengthened this new skill, I also grew to appreciate everything that goes into making a handmade garment: the love, care, and detail from the maker that each piece carries.
Traversing this world full of unique expressions of identity through style, I am inspired everywhere I go. I see each garment deconstructed into these core shapes, beautiful in their own right, but with slight alterations—a dart added here for shape, an inch or two taken in there, a sharpened curve—each fit can seemingly be made for its wearer. Clothing is utilitarian, but with an understanding of the malleability of each of these core shapes, clothing can celebrate and accentuate all bodies.
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26'' x 26''
Quilting cotton, cotton batting, cotton thread, sew-in stabilizer.
This piece was selected for inclusion in the MFA Staff Art Show in 2024, hosted by the Copley Society of Art in Boston.
