Working at the intersection of textiles, sustainability, and storytelling — giving textile waste new life, from a studio in Vancouver, BC.
Selected Work
Recent textile pieces
Aoi
Upcycled jacquard textile waste, machine stitching, spray paint; repurposed maple frame · 2026
It's not waste unless you waste it
Reclaimed vintage frame (unknown origin); reused canvas with a painting of a house in nature signed "Shirley, 98"; experimental weaving with fabric-scrap waste from Fuhr Co. production (Sew Sew Good Show 1.0, Canada); yarn leftovers from student projects donated by the textile & weaving lab of Aalto University (Finland); plastic thread reused from the vintage painting’s hanging system; neon construction spray paint — Varvara’s artist mark · 2025
Yuri
Upcycled machine-woven jacquard leftovers from Yuri Himuro Textiles (Tokyo, Japan); vintage threads from La Manufacture (Lille, France); yarns from Liudmila Norsoyan; backing of reclaimed textiles from Our Social Fabric (Vancouver, Canada); hand stitching, spray paint, acrylic paint; frame of Canadian red oak by Rustic Burl & Co. (Ontario, Canada) · 2025
Happening now
ZEN Exhibition 2026
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum · Yokohama Civic Gallery · Odawara Castle Hall · Maison du Japon (Paris) · Tokyo, Yokohama, Odawara & Paris · Japan & France
Jun–Oct 2026 (touring)
All exhibitions →Workshops & studioMemory Pins, Accessories & Stitched Stories with Varvara
Woodstove Music & Arts Festival · Vancouver Island · Canada
July 3 & 5, 2026
Studio & Events →