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About studio jLd

studio jLd is Jennifer Linton’s design studio, creating distinctive, functional objects for everyday life. Drawing on her background in graphic design, weaving, and tufting, Jennifer brings a strong sense of color, pattern, and composition to objects that are both useful and visually expressive.

At the heart of the studio are textiles Jennifer handweaves on a loom or tufts by hand. Often one of a kind, these textiles become pillows, rugs, runners, totes, bags, stools, and other functional pieces. Their texture and individual character reflect the time, skill, and human touch involved in their making.

Nature is a recurring source of inspiration, with flora and fauna informing patterns, forms, and color palettes. Many pieces celebrate the natural world, while consideration of environmental impact guides choices about materials and making.

studio jLd is for people who value objects with character: thoughtfully designed pieces made slowly and intentionally, to be used, enjoyed, and treasured.

 

Artist Statement  |  Jennifer L Linton, fiber artist

Jennifer L. Linton’s fiber-based work celebrates the natural world while investigating humanity’s fractured kinship with it and the forces that shape our disconnection. Mindful of ecological distress and the pressures of contemporary life, she invites a sense of place rooted in the living world, encouraging us to recognize the complex systems to which we belong.

Using fiber sourced from living landscapes, Linton works in a quiet, often celebratory visual language that holds wonder alongside concern. Her work draws attention to a planet whose cycles of growth, decay, and renewal continue under increasing strain. Nature offers models of resilience, reciprocity, and interdependence, prompting a question: How might we learn from our oldest teachers and participate more thoughtfully in the relationships that sustain life?

There is an inherent tension in making work with human hands that seeks to move humans away from the center. Linton embraces that tension, exploring how our capacity to create might deepen our connection to other living things. Her work invites a more attentive dance between human life and the world that sustains it.