Hi, I’m Kayla.

I’m a textile designer from Massachusetts, and much of my work is influenced by my family and my love for photography. During my undergraduate years at Parsons School of Design, I fell in love with handmade textiles and craft, studying and working in knit, weaving, and jewelry. I enjoy creating multidisciplinary pieces that combine film and digital imagery, painting and fine art, and traditional fiber techniques.

Much of my recent work with woven photographs began with archived family photos from the 1970s, many of which feature prominent plaids and strong graphic elements from that era. Both plaid and the physical structure of woven fabric represent connection and transition- threads intersecting to create something whole. My textile work explores these visual and symbolic cues more deeply, drawing attention to documented family relationships and questioning how generational memory shifts as these images are interpreted through more subtle and abstract forms.

Whether working with family photos or, more recently, my own photography, the process remains: reassembling images through hand-woven renderings of the originals, re-forming the moments and acknowledging the passage of time.

All textile pieces currently available for sale are handmade with a lot of care- and a lot of love.