✨Jill Letten (AiR): Hanging by a Golden Thread🪡 🗓️January 5 – February 16, 2024 📍Opening Reception: Friday, January 12, 7–10 PM (Centre3) ARTIST STATEMENT: Hanging by a Golden Thread is an experimentation of textiles utilizing recycled materials and clothing, repurposing them into tangled yet intentional tapestries that explore the interconnections of the textile waste industry, overconsumption, and capitalism. The synthetic material composing much of the fabric used has been assembled using slow fashion techniques such as hand stitching and weaving. Inspired by mid-century advertisements and fashion archives, the works serve as a conversation between figures and backgrounds. The artworks represent the visuals of textile waste, with textures and shapes distorting depth and space, consuming the painted figures. The chaotic patterns of the quilted and woven fabric are made to emulate the layering of fabric in how it appears in landfills, slumping together in massive heaps. The gar...