Untitled, Jaymes Lee McBride, 2020
My entire piece was motivated by one thing—a desire to learn. I started this piece wanting to sew a jacket and came out knowing that receipts are toxic to the environment and that they produce one billion pounds of waste per year. I want the viewer to come out of looking at this piece with that same desire, to wonder why I made a jacket made of receipts, and why it’s related to a burning forest. I’ve attempted to communicate the concept of waste on the environment through clothing, and whether that is successful or not is up to the viewer.