Artist Profile

The Sashiko Mending Process

Rachel Barclay studied Textiles, Installation Sculpture, Printmaking, and Elementary Education in San Francisco and Long Beach, California. Throughout her journey as a creator, educator, and parent, she has focused on making functional sewn and embellished garments, home goods, and mixed media textile objects.

Since studying Sashiko with Jessica Marquez of Miniature Rhino and Kazue Yoshikawa of Sashiko Lab, Rachel embraced the hand-work practice as an act of mindfulness, empowerment, beauty, and sustainability. Building on her background as an artist and educator, Rachel shares her joy of hand-stitching with adults and children, alike. Her teaching travels have taken her to studios, workshops, and retreats throughout the Northeast. Rachel stitches, mends, sews, reads teen fiction, forages for natural dye materials, and takes day trips to nearby cities for coffee and culture.

She lives in Middlebury, Connecticut alongside her woodworking spouse, Michael Pekovich with her two adult offspring nearby.

Follow her creative process on Instagram @rachelharrietteb or peruse her website www.rachelharriette.com

At 56 Arbor Street, this is a Fiber Arts studio! A shared space occupied by Kathryn Olesnevich @westendwoolies and Rachel H Barclay @rachelharrietteb a creative gathering space with focus on knitting, community, Sashiko hand-stitching & mending, textile reuse, and empowering people with handwork skills! Come visit us on the 2nd floor of 56 Arbor, the building that houses Real Art Ways during @openstudiohartford Saturday and Sunday, November 15-16!

Rachel Barclay iPhone
rachelharriette@gmail.com
Text 203-233-0078

Tour Location: 56 Arbor Street Studio #218

Website: www.rachelharriette.com

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