Jen Stone Design

Jen Stone Design 🌈 Hand-painted custom wearable art with a mission to give back.

06/17/2026

See you tomorrow!!

REWOVEN: What We Leave Behind
Opening Reception
6–8 PM

Putting up my solo exhibit today.REWOVEN: What We Leave BehindOn view June 12–August 9Opening reception June 18, 6–8 PM
06/13/2026

Putting up my solo exhibit today.

REWOVEN: What We Leave Behind
On view June 12–August 9
Opening reception June 18, 6–8 PM

Fabric has been my material my whole life. I started my first fashion design business at 10. I value the tactile qualiti...
06/04/2026

Fabric has been my material my whole life. I started my first fashion design business at 10.
I value the tactile qualities of textiles and appreciate the visible evidence of handmade labor. My work emerges from my lineage. My grandmother taught me to sew, and her mother, an immigrant from Poland, worked a loom in upstate New York. My practice centers on Polish folk traditions and the craft passed down through women by thread and repetition, connecting generations. The pieces in Rewoven are made from salvaged and recycled textiles; materials already on a journey, now held by someone else.

I wanted to create something people could bring their own memories to. The restraint is intentional: limited colors, specific subjects, reclaimed materials. Every piece uses textiles that have already been lived in, which felt honest for work about what we carry and what we leave behind.

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Rewoven: What We Leave Behind
June 12 – August 9, 2026
Allenton Gallery,
Durham, North Carolina

Progress shot of what may be my last piece I create for my show in June(!!!). I’ve worked with fabric my whole life, fr...
05/28/2026

Progress shot of what may be my last piece I create for my show in June(!!!). I’ve worked with fabric my whole life, from fashion design to large-scale installations to intimate pieces from salvaged cloth and handmade paper. Rewoven explores what inheritance means; what stories fabric can hold, and what we carry from our lineage. By working with lived materials, the exhibit invites viewers to reflect on what endures and what is left behind.

I’m making progress on this new piece this week.Still figuring out where it’s going and what I’m going to name it, but i...
05/22/2026

I’m making progress on this new piece this week.
Still figuring out where it’s going and what I’m going to name it, but i keep coming back to the title What We Mend.
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All these pieces started as something ordinary: my morning coffee.Part of what drew me to using coffee as the painting m...
05/19/2026

All these pieces started as something ordinary: my morning coffee.
Part of what drew me to using coffee as the painting medium was not only the idea of using what we already have, but also everything coffee carries: routine, comfort, nostalgia, quiet mornings, people you miss, and home.
Building on this connection, Material Echoes explores the traces we leave behind through handmade recycled paper, stitching, layered surfaces, and coffee stains, all of which reflect the ordinary beginnings of each piece and their connection to daily ritual.
On view at through June 21.
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The first thing almost everyone asks when they find out my background is in fashion is, “Oh, did you make that?” about w...
05/12/2026

The first thing almost everyone asks when they find out my background is in fashion is, “Oh, did you make that?” about whatever I’m wearing.

And the answer is usually no.

I loved fashion school and I loved designing, draping, pattern making, and creative direction, but sewing itself was never really the thing I loved. I’ve always been more drawn to the messy, emotional, imperfect side of creating.

And sewing can feel so opposite of that sometimes because craftsmanship matters so much. Things are supposed to be precise. You don’t want wonky stitching or frayed edges or mistakes showing.

Which is why it feels strange that this art project has somehow made me fall back in love with sewing.

For the last 8 months I’ve probably spent 10 hours a day sewing, but in a completely different way than I was ever taught to. The work is messy on purpose. There are crooked lines, loose threads, frayed fabric, bad stitches, tension issues, weird machine moments I would have hated years ago.

And now those things feel like part of the language of the work.

Instead of fighting the imperfections, I’ve started leaning into them.

It is less like garment construction and more like drawing, painting, layering, rebuilding, unraveling. Like all these different skill sets I’ve carried for years finally found a place to exist together.

Progress shot of my current piece featuring one extremely committed creative director who also thought it was her photos...
05/12/2026

Progress shot of my current piece featuring one extremely committed creative director who also thought it was her photoshoot.

Behind the scenes of a new piece that has already fought me a little bit this week as i get closer to my next opening.so...
05/05/2026

Behind the scenes of a new piece that has already fought me a little bit this week as i get closer to my next opening.

sometimes when i’m stuck on one piece it’s better for me to move onto something else instead of forcing it and ending up hating it.

My art opening is today at !! Stop by until 9pm and see my coffee art!
04/24/2026

My art opening is today at !! Stop by until 9pm and see my coffee art!

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