FOLDED STORIES
FOLDED STORIES ARE SMALL WORKS FOR EVERYDAY SPACE.
these SMALL WALL QUILTS weave together found imagery, inherited textiles and repurposed materials to explore how women have been seen, framed and imagined across generations. drawing from vintage photographs & printed ephemera, the work reflects on the male gaze & the ways women have both been shaped by it and learned to wield its power to their own advantage.
each piece folds these cultural images into a more intimate lineage, honoring jennifer’s mother and the domestic practices passed down through her family. by pairing imagery of women with worn fabrics, salvaged cloth and materials carrying the softness and memory of everyday use, the quilted pieces create layered narratives about visibility, agency, and inheritance.
these SMALL WALL QUILTS weave together found imagery, inherited textiles and repurposed materials to explore how women have been seen, framed and imagined across generations. drawing from vintage photographs & printed ephemera, the work reflects on the male gaze & the ways women have both been shaped by it and learned to wield its power to their own advantage.
each piece folds these cultural images into a more intimate lineage, honoring jennifer’s mother and the domestic practices passed down through her family. by pairing imagery of women with worn fabrics, salvaged cloth and materials carrying the softness and memory of everyday use, the quilted pieces create layered narratives about visibility, agency, and inheritance.
in FOLDED STORIES, the act of quilting becomes a way to reclaim and reframe these images; transforming them from objects of observation into vessels of personal history. the series invites viewers to consider how stories are carried, altered and protected through the folds of time, material, and memory.
BACK TO HOME︎︎︎
BACK TO HOME︎︎︎
DOMESTIC LABOR™
jennifer is a textile artist whose quilt‑based practice centers memory, domestic space, and the often‑invisible labor of women. working with repurposed fabrics and found imagery, she creates layered compositions that transform everyday materials into intimate narratives. her work reflects the quiet strength of the women in her family, whose domestic practices and resourcefulness shaped her understanding of care, creativity, and survival.
before dedicating herself to her art full time, jennifer spent years working in architecture, a background that continues to inform her sensitivity to structure, materiality, and the built environment. this shift from architecture to textile art reflects a return to the tactile, domestic, and intergenerational forms of making that have always grounded her.
before dedicating herself to her art full time, jennifer spent years working in architecture, a background that continues to inform her sensitivity to structure, materiality, and the built environment. this shift from architecture to textile art reflects a return to the tactile, domestic, and intergenerational forms of making that have always grounded her.
raised in an immigrant household where mending, saving, and reusing cloth were both necessity and tradition, jennifer draws deeply from these inherited gestures. she is drawn to the emotional and material histories embedded in textiles — the softness of worn fabric, the scent of a childhood linen closet, and the traces of unpaid labor that linger in household materials. through quilting, hand‑sewing, and the slow, repetitive acts of repair, she honors these histories while reimagining domestic labor as a site of authorship and artistic expression.
jennifer’s work weaves together personal memory and collective lineage, challenging the boundaries between craft and contemporary art while elevating the everyday into something quietly resonant.
jennifer’s work weaves together personal memory and collective lineage, challenging the boundaries between craft and contemporary art while elevating the everyday into something quietly resonant.
DOMESTIC SPACE
EMBODIED STORIES
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