Remaking the Jane Webb Collection

In 2018, Colorado-based fiber arts nonprofit Textiles West acquired the handmade collection of designer Jane Webb. The organization then shipped garments to artists across the country for them to remake and return for a show and auction in the spring of 2020. Using a non-toxic photo transfer process, I printed coastal imagery onto this raw silk 3-piece outfit, complicating the surface and updating the outfit for a contemporary wearer interested in asymmetry and a more explicit visual reference to the natural and built world. Using a photo transfer process involving an organic compound, I printed coastal imagery onto this outfit, complicating the surface and updating the outfit for a wearer interested in asymmetry and a more explicit visual reference to the natural world. Artist Andrea Hernandez and I photographed the garments in the hills above San Jose, California (Tamien/Mukwema Ohlone land). https://www.textileswest.org/ http://www.muwekma.org/