recent projects include

brand creation and launch

strategic planning

naming and taglines

advertising campaigns

public relations planning

websites and e-commerce

print and digital collateral

organizations include

UCLA Copley Center for Costume Design

Systemic Design Association

American Craft Council

Responsible Fashion Series

Regenerative Rising

Textile Society of America

By Design and By Disaster

events produced include

Material Dialogues

Tricksters & Transformation

OM Chats: How Empathy Creates Extraordinary Experiences

Material & Meaning, a textile summit

Slow and Local Clothing Project 2021

groundwork: So Cal Fibershed Symposium

Sympoiesis: making with, an exhibit

Material Encounters is a space for deep, slow thinking about the social, ecological, and material worlds. It is a hybrid endeavor, encompassing art as social practice, research, and community-building.

Material Encounters seeks to deepen our understanding of regenerative material, the relationship between material and mind, and the thoughtful use of material in art, craft, and industry.

I’m delighted to be involved with Fibershed, and to serve as the lead for the Southern California chapter.

We encourage community building and connections between textile artists, designers, fiber farmers, processing mills, suppliers, and retail businesses. We seek to build local ecologies and local economies that empower farmers, artisans, producers, and community members to engage with and understand the soil-to-skin paradigm.

image credit: Cecily Brown