layered textiles — worn not as chosen personal expression but as rule-based social coding
Minor variations and imperfections are inherent to the process and part of what makes each one unique
found photographs are printed
revealing a culture fixated on perfection
Now she is free
Women As Objects #6 Weaving Found Objects layered textiles — worn notWomen As Objects #6, 2025 by artist Noelle Sharp. Part of the ongoing "Women as Objects" series, this work explores the fragmentation and reconstruction of female identity, both literally and metaphorically. Through a meticulous, multi step process, found photographs are printed, cut, hand woven, photographed, digitally restructured, and ultimately woven on a Jacquard loom. This transformation challenges the traditional role of textiles, while