WIND RUNNER GOBI JACKET
by Rhiannon Griego
“I joined this project as a traveler seeking to connect two worlds through the language of art,
exploring the mysterious spaces where different cultures, philosophies, and experiences come together.”
Inspired by the wind that moves through both the deserts of the American Southwest and the Gobi Desert, the jacket is transformed through an open weave of natural fibres including cotton, fleece, wool, handmade paper and agave. Applied directly onto the Gobi, the loose textile evokes movement and the wildness of untamed landscapes, while leather panels reference traditional basket motifs and the different directions from which we navigate our collective journey.
Rhiannon Griego ( @rhiannonmgriego ) is a textile artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A self-taught weaver, she works with free-form weaving through an approach influenced by Wabi-Sabi and its appreciation of imperfection. Drawing on her Mexican, Tohono O'odham and Spanish ancestry, she creates abstract textile landscapes that explore memory, identity and cultural connection, with palettes inspired by the desert environments that surround and inform her practice.