WSU student turns textile scraps into wearable art

A jacket with an interpretation of Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” painting on the back.
COURTESY PHOTO/WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

Materials in the storage room Kiah Conway uses to make her garments.

by Scott Weybright, WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences/Contributed report
| May 14, 2024 1:00 AM

PULLMAN — When Kiah Conway first walked into a Washington State University storage room filled with hundreds of pounds of fabrics, remnants, and scraps, a sense of overwhelming possibility hit her hard. That hasn’t changed, even nearly a year later.

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