Supply provides a contemporary take on the ever-present need for water. Supply uses a staple of menswear and business-casual – khaki pants - reformatted to create a women’s jacket capable of holding 11.5 cups of water, the recommended daily amount of water for one woman. The jacket is hand-made entirely from upcycled men’s clothing.

Hand-made Supply jacket with removeable water pouches, and hand-made Remake jacket for streetwear.

Wildfire Go Suit installed at Boston Sculptors Gallery for the 2022 solo exhibition, “Let’s never do this again.”

Photo credit: Will Howcroft

Wildfire Go Suit is a hand-made ensemble including tent, coveralls, and backpack. The piece presents a wearable version of a ‘go bag’, in the form of easy to put/take off coveralls and backpack which hold a hand-made tent, and room to carry other necessities such as poles and first aid kits.

Solo exhibition at Neon Heater Gallery, “Comfort + Ambiguity; Wearing the Future”, 2024.

photo credit: Will Howcroft

Flood Drought Sisters posits the extremes of floods and droughts in a more advantageous relationship to one another. The Flood (blue) ensemble collects rainwater through a series of flower forms positioned on the back. The Drought side (pink/beige) ensemble stores collected rainwater in plastic pouches secured in pockets on the front and back of the vest.

Flood Drought Sisters (video) provides a narrative short provides a narrative of how the ensembles function together.

Shot in California and Massachusetts, by Cori Champagne, Sandra Oberdorfer, and Bruce Cormack

Editing by Cori Champagne

The Flood (blue) ensemble collects rainwater through a series of flower forms positioned on the back. Water collects in plastic pouches at the back of the harness. Materials: Repurposed Exxon Mobil coveralls, water repellant fabric, lining, tulle, tarp, tubing, various fasteners, plastic water pouches. Photo credit: Will Howcroft

Photo credit: Will Howcroft

The Drought side ensemble stores collected rainwater in plastic pouches secured in pockets on the front and back of the vest. Water is accessed using the exposed spigots on each pouch. Materials: cotton, twill linen, tulle, lining, hand-embroidery, various fasteners, plastic water pouches. Photo credit: Will Howcroft

Photo credit: Will Howcroft

Created for an exhibition at Highfield Hall in Falmouth, Rich Kids references the practice of wearing white in the summer, which gained popularity as well-to-do families began spending summers outside of the city. From the front, the appearance is of a typical summer dress.  The colorful fabric at the back references the cotton patterns worn by staff in service, reminding viewers that ‘summer whites’ were only possible at the time with staff there to clean them.

Dimensions include mannequin: 60”x18”x20”, cotton, cotton calico, fasteners, 2022

Sketch for Rich Kids

Solar Me is an ongoing project of collecting solar energy and using it in specific ways. The Project includes the clothing and outerwear created, and the documentation of the process: walking route maps used to harvest energy, sunlight calendars, and output documents showing how harvested energy is used.

photo credit: Will Howcroft

Photo credit: Will Howcroft

Map courtesy:

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-layers#image-data-

ROX-PAN Dinner jacket is hand-made and designed for eating outside in a cold climate. Fully insulated sitting jacket, with a snap in/out face mask and an insulated seating cover housed in a back pocket for cold exterior chairs.

Dimensions include mannequin: 60”x 28”x15”, 2020

Stretch cotton twill, fleece lining, cotton broadcloth, fasteners

The series uses the format of a rain jacket (hand-made) with decorative and functional elements to collect rainwater., 2024.

From left, Modernism One More Time, Rococo, and Modernism

Modernism: 1+X continues a recent series creating hand-made functional garments addressing our most precious resource - water. Rainwater is collected in the jacket’s hood, and funneled down to a watering can anchored on the jacket back. The piece is a third iteration, following Rococo and Modernism.

Water-repellent fabric, lining, tarp, wire, boning, tubing, fasteners, vintage metal watering can, 2025

Rococo is a hand-made rain jacket with decorative and functional elements to collect rainwater. Water is gathered through the two main flower forms positioned on the shoulders and collected in the ceramic water pitcher on lower back.

Materials: upcycled Gore-tex, lining, tarp, tubing,various fasteners, vintage ceramic watering pitcher, 2024

Modernism is a hand-made rain jacket with a functional element to collect rainwater. Water is gathered through the large funnel form and collected in the metal water pitcher on lower back.

Materials: Water repellant fabric, lining, tarp, tubing, fasteners, vintage metal watering can, 2024

Cargo Ship Pangea images the impact of the endless cycle of products and shipping containers impacting the continents and returning them to a closer formation

30”x22”, marker on paper, 2022

The Jungle was a refugee camp near the Calais crossing to the UK. Thousands of migrants hoping to make their way to Britain lived in the camp, until it was destroyed by French authorities. The drawings are mounted on an overhead support that allows for a translucent effect.

40”x25”x2.5”, marker on paper and vellum, 2016

Named for the Libyan city that is a departure point for many migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, the series of drawings are layered together and mounted on an overhead wood support that allows for movement and translucence.

~35”x20”x2.5”, marker on vellum, paper and acetate, 2017

Process drawing as part of research for Lukeville ensemble. The drawings include a map situated near Lukeville, US and an overlay of the finished wearable.

~30”x40”, marker on vellum and paper, 2014

Ambit is a hand-made structure which transforms the ensembles of four performers into a communal shelter.

2017

Temporary installation created for Oregon Jewish Museum in Portland, OR. The installation uses upcycled white shirts on a wood frame to create a gathering place.

Installation at Garner Arts Festival, based on demographics from the UN report, “Women + Work, 2015”