Sustainable Fashion Design

Lucy is a San Francisco Textile Artist and Educator devoted to building a safe environment where everyone can enjoy and explore their culture through all forms of art while empowering them with the skills and knowledge to bring their visions to life. She has explored many art mediums, from metal arts, illustration, painting, fashion, and fiber arts, to nail art. Over the past decade, she has focused on all aspects of fashion design and construction. She has shared her skills and knowledge with people of all ages and experiences in San Francisco. 

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June Nelson (they/she) is a nonbinary transfemme creator, educator, and organizer based in Oakland, CA. They received a BA in Cognitive Science and Education from UC Berkeley in 2020 and worked as a public school teacher before dedicating themself to creating. A self-taught jeweler, June crafts transdisciplinary bodily adornments through chainmail, metal casting, wire working, and a variety of other mediums, toying with expectations of appearance and material. Their work is deeply inspired by queer bodies and expression, ancestral/traditional craftwork, and our (dis)connection with land and nature. 

Honoring the importance of community in the arts, June stewards communal makerspaces for QT/BIPOC artists, organizes community-based fashion shows and art markets, and teaches various workshops intended to cultivate community and facilitate access to jewelry-making materials and knowledge.

Joanne Wang is an artist and educator based in Oakland, CA. Utilizing abstract embroidery, mixed media, and secondhand textiles, her art practice is centered around processes that investigate the invisible themes of labor, time, waste, and gender that are embedded within the fabric of our consumer society. Through textile art, soft sculpture, and upcycled clothing, Joanne’s work is an abstract exploration of the connections between forgotten and discarded materials, consumerism, and our beautiful planet Earth.

Joanne has a BA in both Art and Biology from UC Santa Cruz. She currently works as an arts educator and freelance installation artist, creating sustainable custom art and decor for businesses and events. 

Solange is a passionate upcycler and sewist, inspired by her Peruvian heritage and her mother’s skilled hands. She learned early on how to give new life to fabrics, transforming old clothes into something beautiful and functional. Her background in public health (MPH) has deepened her commitment to sustainability, as she recognizes the impact of textile waste on our planet.

What started as a personal project to design the perfect bag has now blossomed into Soluna Threads—a collection of tote bags, pouches, and home essentials crafted from upcycled materials. Beyond creating, she is inspired to teach youth how to reuse, upcycle, and sew, empowering them with skills to promote sustainability and creativity.

Tria Connell learned to sew at 13, and never looked back! With a degree in Fashion Design, she moved to San Francisco and started designing, patterning, and constructing costumes for drag performers, as well as other non-performing clients. She worked in the technical design department for Esprit, and Old Navy where she strengthened her knowledge of patternmaking and fit. She started at the Academy of Art in 2014, teaching the introductory Fashion Sewing Techniques class, and the Art Experience sewing class for high school age students. 

Outside of teaching she is passionate about animal rescue, especially rabbits! She volunteers for SaveABunny. She lives with 2 rescue bunnies of her own, and a rescue parrot.