Samhain

The beginning of winter

Samhain, known as the Celtic New Year, marks the beginning of winter.   This small group met at the Circle Forest in Detroit and was invited to wear an outfit from the collection for an embodied movement contemplative retreat to consider how we might join nature in this season of stillness and rest. 

The ‘Samhain Collection’ is 1 part of a 7 part collection of fiber art clothing pieces exploring themes of circular fashion and a circular sense of time using the ancient ‘Celtic Wheel Of The Year’ calendar to ground on the land we inhabit in Detroit.  The larger project is called ‘All Creatures Here Below’ and has 55 outfits, all made from landfill rescue items. This project aims to challenge preconceived notions of what is ‘in fashion’ and instead present a futuristic, dream-like vision of tribes of people who make their clothing using the materials they have at hand, in a way that considers people, the planet, and the power of self-expression.