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 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 take accountability. To not discard. To dig. To sift. To think. 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, gifted a new life, shaped by what we found in the pile.
— Kelly H.
