Personal Project

 




"Rework"
2 12x14" panels
Denim, Dye Experiment Fabric, Yarn, Thread

This work explores ideas regarding the nature of patchwork, and repurposing textiles from being discarded. It explores the idea of finding new uses for discarded objects, and utilizing patchwork in a non-functional manner. Typically patchwork is used to mend for utility, but here it is used to bring the denim fabric back to life, but in a non-utilitarian manner. This piece explores the nature of what it really means to repurpose something, and how the concepts of repurposing and patchwork are a flexible construct. 




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