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 Extension

UCLA Copley Center for Costume Design

American Craft Council

SB Fiber Arts Guild

Regenerative Rising

Mode Durable

Helms Design Center

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

TextileSLAM!

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 material, the relationship between material and mind, and the thoughtful use of material in art, craft, and industry.

image credit: self, of Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Corazón del espantapájaros, 2016

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

We encourage community building and connections between textile artists, designers, fiber farmers, processing mills, suppliers, and retail businesses. We encourage a transparency that will empower wearers, farmers, artisans, and consumers to engage with and understand the soil-to-skin paradigm.

image credit: Cecily Brown