WHY 'THE PILES'?
'The Pile' stemmed from a need to flip the term on its head.
What once felt heavy, suffocating—became fuel.
The pile became process.
The pile became freedom.
The Pile + Time = Freedom
The Pile + Energy = Release
We may all have a version of the pile—something that sits, accumulates, overwhelms.
During the pandemic lockdown, I had mine. And I made a choice:
To dig. To sift. To cry. To cut. To sew. To release.
What came out of that process is what you see here: small runs from leftover fabric.
Each piece made slowly, shaped by what we found in the pile.
— Kelly H.
