Martina Villanueva

Clark University, 2023, Studio Art

One Person’s Trash is Another’s Treasure

mixed media: fabric, yarn, beads, dried flowers, sticks

2022

All the materials used in my pieces are sourced from nature and thrift stores, and are hand sewn and crocheted by me. This work is inspired by my relationship and experiences with secondhand shopping, which I did for the majority of my childhood, with my mother. I used to hide from windows in thrift stores, in fear that someone I knew would see me. Thrifting is now a widely accepted and celebrated way to shop, a stark contrast from how it was seen while I was growing up.