Hi, I’m Kayla,
a photo-textile artist from Massachusetts. My practice of hand-weaving photos is shaped by my background in fashion and materiality and my education at Parsons School of Design. I’ve long been drawn to blending artisanal and digital processes, and my work bridges the gap through photography and fiber.
Working primarily with photographs, both archival and my own, I reassemble images through handwoven textiles that evoke the quiet, fragmented nature of memory. The practice comes from a deeply familiar place. Both of my grandmothers taught me to knit and sew as a child, while my earliest photographs were of family members and the spaces we shared.
I often work with archived family photographs, particularly images from the 1960s and ‘70s, considering how these visual artifacts carry meaning across generations. Time distorts, preserves, and reshapes memory and identity; through weaving, I physically fragment and reconstruct photographs in much the same way.
I continue to be inspired by the tactile, slow nature of fiber and the nostalgia inherent in photography, a medium I first fell in love with as a teenager in my high school darkroom. Weaving allows me to bring physicality and texture to images that might otherwise exist only as flat or digital forms, transforming the photograph into an object that bears evidence of time, touch, and reconstruction.
I currently create original woven photographs and collaborate with clients on custom pieces.
Each textile work is woven by hand with care and a lot of love.
See my work in person!
Exhibitions:
2026
October 1, 2026 - January 10, 2027 at San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Soft Structures, The Female Body as Labor and Resistance: San Jose, CA
May 13- 16 with Harsh Collective, Future Fair: New York, New York
March 18- 22 with Harsh Collective, Affordable Art Fair: New York, New York
2025
June 12- July 12 at Bond Millen Gallery, EMERGE IX: Richmond, Virginia
April 5- April 27 at IA & A at Hillyer, Soft Archives: Washington, D.C.
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Read about it!
Recent press:
A portrait of the artist as a young woman - Work-Shaped Life Podcast
Material Shifts at the Affordable Art Fair - Impulse Magazine
Mail Clubs Are Bringing Joy Back To Checking The Letterbox - Elle Australia