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FAST FASHION’S DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS, from “The Clothes We Wear” exhibition. Only 10% of recycled clothing gets re-sold. The rest goes mainly to landfill. And, as exemplified by this Victoria’s Secret tank top rescued from Fountain Creek near my home in Colorado Springs, some of it goes into our lakes, rivers, and streams.
January 15, 2022 8:18 am
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Read More »THE KEEPERS, Installation from “The Clothes We Wear” exhibition. Figurative custodians composed of impenetrable hardened wax shells, the Keepers series originated as a guilt-ridden approach to justify all of the online shopping that occurred in our household during Covid’s staying in period. How could I transform the plentitudes of plastic packing pillows into something artful?
January 15, 2022 8:35 am
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Read More »GO OR STAY? A discarded woman’s skirt morphs into a lampshade-like four-sided suspended sculpture. Hand-embroidered cursive on opposing sides reflects the dilemma faced by migrants who must make heart-wrenching choices between staying in the homeland they love versus facing the dangers of crossing borders to seek physical safety or a viable livelihood for their family. A reminder that people do not just pick up and abandon the place they’ve lived for generations without cause. Small print embroidery at the top repeats the clothing label “Made in Bangladesh” in English and Spanish, emblematic of the juxtaposition between Fast Fashion’s makers and consumers.
January 15, 2022 8:54 am
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