Rooted in sustainable practice, Jane Colquhoun creates small, stitched textile works from scraps and leftovers. Through hand and machine stitching, she explores memory, identity, and kinship. She aims to respect the hidden histories of discarded materials, celebrating continuity, care, and the quiet charm found in what might otherwise be forgotten.
www.janecolquhoun.com
@jane_colquhoun
Artist statement for Warped and Wasted
‘The work for Warped and Wasted is rooted in the quiet, deliberate rhythm of hand-stitched textile practice, using English Paper Piecing to bring together leftover and donated fragments of material – ORTS – into geometrical forms and text. Conversations shared with seam members have shaped the work, particularly around ideas of sustainability and ecosystems, the text is drawn from these exchanges, reflective of our ongoing collective inquiry. The repeated triangle motif draws on natural geometry – the forms that subtly structure the world around us. Some pieces are compostable, and the assembled pieces hold the potential to be reconfigured into a quilt.’
Details of individual works
Small Acts, 2025
Materials: Mixed fabrics from Jane’s stash
3D patchwork letters
Soft Geometry, 2025
Materials: Mixed fabrics from Jane’s stash
Patchwork tetrahedrons and icosahedrons in various sizes.
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