To textile artist Jessie Mordine Young, weaving is far more than a technical process—it is a language of touch, a way of thinking through hands. In her studio, thread becomes a medium for honesty and intuition, where imperfections are not flaws but marks of presence. Each piece carries a narrative—woven slowly, intentionally, through repetition and ritual.

“I care deeply about honesty in the work,” Jessie reflects. “Allowing imperfections to remain, letting intuition lead… that’s how meaning begins to surface.” Her approach is rooted in process rather than outcome. Over time, her focus has shifted from creating beautiful objects to uncovering the stories held within materials. Natural fibers, hand-dyed cloth, and organic elements like dried flowers reappear like quiet signatures. “They are carriers of emotion,” she says. “A language of softness and strength.”

Weaving is, for Jessie, both meditation and memoir. Her hands know the rhythm before her mind forms the thought. “There’s a deep bodily memory in this work—the tension, the texture, the repetition. It becomes intuitive.” That physical knowledge merges with narrative in projects like A Woven Year, a daily practice where small weavings evolved into a visual diary of time and place.

A turning point came with a small blue loom, portable enough to integrate weaving into the everyday. It transformed her practice from occasional studio work into a daily ritual. “It taught me to slow down, to pay attention.” That ethos now extends beyond the loom into how she moves through the world—dressing in grounded, natural fabrics, valuing intention over appearance.