24. My Mother's Garden

Courtney Pederson 

My Mother's Garden 

Gale Steck Memorial Award for Excellence in Craft for an Emerging Artist 

Recycled cotton, second hand notions and trims; Botanical printing, pattern drafting, sewing 

119 x 71 x 25 cm 

This garment's emblematic of my love of fashion and nature, while recognizing the tension between the two. It’s constructed of repurposed bedsheets and dyed by hand with botanical printing, using locally foraged matter from my mother's garden. Using repurposed materials, I subvert the system that exploits resources and labour in textile manufacturing. Using local organic material for printing, I honor nature’s gifts in an intentional way. Harvesting plants from my Mother’s garden gives the garment personal significance. This dress exemplifies how clothing can be more than just a product that’s pushed in an industry that overly exploits, extracts and exhausts. - Courtney Pederson, artist 

View Dimensions Exhibition | Photography by Hogarth Photography 

This item is part of our current exhibition Dimensions 2025, which runs until August 23, 2025. Saskatchewan Craft Council staff will contact the purchaser after that date to arrange pick-up or shipping.  The purchaser is responsible for shipping costs.
There may be future exhibition opportunities for works that are part of Dimensions 2025. In this case, SCC staff may reach out to purchasers and request to borrow the work.