Artists and Designers

Dene - Tet'lit Gwichen /

WE THE WATER by: Jenifer Redsky

Discipline:

Craft

Jenifer Redsky is Dene and member of Tet’lit Gwichen First Nation and Wolf Clan. Home is Toronto, on the traditional Territory of the Huron-Wendat and Haudenosaunee on Turtle Island and Haleiwa, Oahu in The Kingdom of Hawaii.

Inspired by her love for the water Redsky’s work aims at addressing the consumption of water in the fashion industry. Her designs weave the story of her life and her people into each design and are love letters to the places she loves and the people she loves.
Her work aims to promote sustainable practices in garment creation and manufacturing to protect the water for the next seven generations and beyond.

Redsky is a water protector, designer, artist, maker, and mender who works through the medium of fashion. In response to the environmental epidemic of the textile industry, she designs wearable art that is sustainable, unisex, accessible, and rejects mirco trends.

Redsky’ four guiding principles in her design are; Repurposed X Reworked X Upcycled X Recycled