Statement
"From childhood days spent building with sticks in rural landscapes to monumental textile sculptures exhibited across continents, Lily’s artistic path is a story of material curiosity, personal resilience, and quiet defiance. Once a ceramic sculptor, Lily now reshapes denim into metaphors for power and community, challenging viewers to reconsider the structures—literal and ideological—that shape our world."
-Clara Nartey, Textile Art Insider
My work explores the intersections of material, architecture, and identity through textile-based sculpture and installation. My practice is both experimental and intentional, always pushing the boundaries of material.
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Blue jeans have been an important material in my work. A symbol of American fashion, and community. It’s also a material that reminds us of our bodies and everyday life. I bleach, dye, embroider, and even blend it into pulp to create works that challenge the boundary between the domestic and the monumental. What begins as clothing tied to the body becomes an architectural form, transformed through labor-intensive processes into something structural, and symbolic. Often morphing into ruins and relics of an old world while simultaneously being grafted onto contemporary culture.
I incorporate armature-building techniques, including welding and foam carving, to create dynamic and complex forms that merge textile softness with architectural solidity. This combination allows me to investigate the interplay between the built environment and human experience.