remembering your quiet grin, wood, black walnut-dyed muslin, Great Depression-era printed fabric feed sack, handwoven fabric, ceramic, artist-processed wild clay, 2026
Research
Research interests: fiber and material histories, American weaving and quilting traditions, gendered labor and domestic craft, textile patterns as records of place or memory, fiber traditions as systems of connection, weaving as a liminal or transformative state.
Whitney Johnston is an interdisciplinary artist. Above all else, she considers herself a Midwestern weaver. She embraces weaving as both a physical practice and a language. She is drawn to its metaphors, its connective nature, and the traces of fiber-based thinking woven into our everyday speech. She is captivated by the softness and intimacy of fiber, using the medium to share stories, investigate memory, and explore the connections between people, materials, and lived experiences. Through fiber and its extensions into sculpture, Johnston conveys ideas that her words alone may fail to articulate.
remembering your quiet grin, wood, black walnut-dyed muslin, Great Depression-era printed fabric feed sack, handwoven fabric, ceramic, artist-processed wild clay, 2026