JULIA
JARRETT
.STUDIO
Julia Jarrett is a fiber artist working with ritual, domestic labor, and natural materials. Her practice moves between sculpture and function, reverence and use. This studio is a living space, holding finished works, functional objects, and experiments in becoming, all shaped by a continued interest in the beauty and magic of the oft ignored.
In the Studio: Materials, Process, and Presence.
The studio is a space of daily return. Hands learn through repetition; materials resist and respond. Some forms become finished works. Others remain studies, trials, or questions intentionally left open. My materials are humble: broomcorn, paper, twine, fallen wood, things often overlooked or discarded. By spending time with them, I hope restore their weight.
Some objects leave the studio because they want to be used.These include functional brooms, occasional collections, small sculptures, and one-off pieces that emerge alongside the larger work—meant to find their homes, be handled, and gather their own histories.
At age ten, I made my first broom with my grandmother for my mother’s handfasting ceremony. In that moment, craft became ritual and labor became offering. This understanding, that everyday acts can carry spiritual weight, continues to guide my work today.