Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice is the longest day of sunlight in the Celtic one-year cycle. On this day we met on Belle Isle as we took time to consider the times in our lives where we have experienced our full radiance. (about an hour before this photo was taken there was a torrential downpour!)

The ‘Summer Solstice 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.