Lee Davignon
Salvage Hues
Lee Davignon reconsiders our relationship to materials and disposability through sculptural textiles using a palette of salvaged materials.
- March 5 - April 24, 2026
- Opening Reception: Thursday, March 5, 6:00 — 8:00pm
Second Reception: Thursday, April 2, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Since the Industrial Revolution, human impact on the environment has been compounded into what geologists now call the Anthropocene. As a cultural practice, craft has always revolved around material awareness, such as digging clay, mining metal, and shearing sheep—processes inextricably linked to extraction. Salvage Hues expands this body of materials to meet our current moment, foraging from all corners of past and present life: construction cut-offs, fabric scraps, old clothing, gifted pebbles, mill ends.
Trained as a weaver, Davignon gravitates toward meditative, labor-intensive processes, crafting sculptures made from textiles and textiles that are inherently sculptural. These pieces allude to themes of waste and value, drawing inspiration from a wide range of fabric histories: neolithic warp-weights, forgotten doilies, the environmental toll of industrial mills on New England’s rivers, and the universal motion of hands plying cordage. Playing with shadow, transparency, and tension, the works aim to trigger tactile memory.
Davignon says, “The craft roots of my practice intersect with my family history in the textile mills of Rhode Island. Weaving on a floor loom engages your whole body and it becomes a way of channeling. I am connected to all who have moved their hands in these timeless motions—twisting, coiling, pulling through. I aim to honor the materials’ past lives while transmuting them, acting with curiosity.”
Artist Q&A: Thursday, April 2, 5:30 – 6:30pm
Join Davignon during the Art Walk for a Q&A style artist talk.
About the Artist
Born in Providence, RI, Lee Davignon is a textile artist working in the Cascade foothills of Washington State. A weaver for 17 years, Davignon’s work emerges from material-led investigation at the intersection of waste stream materials and an extensive library of craft skills. They earned their BFA in Fibers from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2013. Davignon has been an artist in residence at Recology King County, and their work has been shown recently at the Fuller Craft Museum, the Pacific Northwest Museum of Quilts and Fiber Art, Mini Mart City Park, Carnation Contemporary, Seattle Art Fair, Shunpike Storefronts, and Schack Art Center. They have been an artist member of SOIL Gallery since 2023.