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Evoking memories of Water, Spoleto USA Charleston, SC. "Puett draws from a deep local rootedness of history and imagery to evoke, through textiles, stories of feminine pursuits at home, women's work and roles, and industrial sites of exploitation. For this project she takes female garments through making and through history—from designing to dyeing to sewing to marketing, from the 18th century to the present—employing extensive research and extended collaborations with artists and others from the city and region. It centers on the creation of a multi-class, multi-part garment with which she pieces together missing social histories. Based on museum sources, local architectural details, and everyday textiles, her 'products' are a line of women's clothing for sale and a pattern for popular consumption to do-it yourself. Workers are on view daily in a 'performative' workshop that 'exhibits' the process of garment preparation and invites viewers to engage in art and art production in the course of everyday life experience."
J. Morgan Puett
Cottage Industry, interior view 10
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