MATERIAL RESEARCH
MATERIAL RESEARCH, a
larger quilt‑mapping project, is an ongoing investigation into how people build for continuity and belonging across generations. it brings together three strands of my practice: my research into multigenerational architecture, my long‑term textile work with repurposed fabrics and found imagery, and the ecological and cultural insights shaped by my residency with la wayaka in the atacama desert.
the project asks how spatial forms—courtyards, thresholds, shared rooms, compounds—carry emotional memory and shape the ways families live together over time. drawing from architectural studies, field research, and lived experience, i translate these spatial logics into quilted surfaces that function as maps: stitched diagrams of movement, gathering, privacy, and community.
the project asks how spatial forms—courtyards, thresholds, shared rooms, compounds—carry emotional memory and shape the ways families live together over time. drawing from architectural studies, field research, and lived experience, i translate these spatial logics into quilted surfaces that function as maps: stitched diagrams of movement, gathering, privacy, and community.
my residency in chile, where i to learn from indigenous and local perspectives on land, kinship, and ecological reciprocity. the residency will begin MATERIAL RESEARCH , a project that shifts mapping from something extractive to something relational—and this will become central to the project. the quilts are not representations of place but conversations with it.
ultimately, the project aims to create a “domestic atlas”: a series of textile maps documenting how different cultures build for kinship, resilience, and intergenerational care. each residency, each site, becomes another chapter in this atlas, expanding the vocabulary of forms, materials, and stories that shape the work.
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ultimately, the project aims to create a “domestic atlas”: a series of textile maps documenting how different cultures build for kinship, resilience, and intergenerational care. each residency, each site, becomes another chapter in this atlas, expanding the vocabulary of forms, materials, and stories that shape the work.
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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.
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