hayley sheldon strives to blur the boundaries between contemporary, minimalist art and woven, fiber-based handicrafts, in an attempt to elevate methods and traditions often considered to be activities of the domesticated woman, and speak to the viewer in the universal language of color and form. her work finds inspiration from and pays homage to the natural world, while simultaneously giving a defined physical presence to amorphous ideas surrounding joy, loss, tenderness and distant memory. hayley is drawn to the meditative quality found in repetition of movement and gravitates towards this kind of creating.

her current body of work utilizes a catalog of shapes made by sewing directly into wood frames using the fibers to create a translucent color field effect. hayley’s intention is to imbibe the works with a sensation of simple beauty; pulled from the quiet, poetic moments of everyday life.