A Home for Upcycled Art and New Narratives
A Home for Upcycled Art and New Narratives
The mission is to revive vintage and rare materials into new art, giving each piece a unique narrative.
Wendy Gilhula’s work bridges textiles and ceramics through reclaimed materials, intuitive process, and Appalachian storytelling. Whether stitched or thrown, each piece preserves memory and myth—honoring what survives, what strains, and what endures.
In her Appalachian Storm series, each ceramic piece is handcrafted from saved Appalachian clay, telling stories of survival and renewal inspired by the 2024 Appalachian floods.
The series is about recognizing nature's raw power and the resilience of the communities rebuilding around it.
These pieces have natural blemishes and cracks,
intentionally embraced as part of their story, with each one surviving the fires of the kiln twice.
Carry a Legend is a series of garments such as jackets, vests, purses, and skirts, all stitched from reclaimed needlepoint and secondhand materials.
Each piece is made with approximately 95% reclaimed textiles, honoring Appalachian memory, myth, and women’s labor.
These garments are not meant to be worn but to be witnessed. They feature imagery like unicorns, Bigfoot, and bridal motifs or symbols of inherited stories and expectations.
There is intentional visible tension in the stitches, allowing the strain and survival embedded in domestic craft to remain part of the narrative.
This series invites viewers to reflect on what we carry forward
through generations, through garments, through legend, and what we choose to carry.
I strive to stay in communication with my clients. Have a question about my business, or want to see if my work matches your specific needs? Send a message, give a call.
I am always happy to meet new customers!
Medium Survivor Series Handmade Tray
On display throughout the month at Stacy Jacobi's Showhouse, Knoxville, TN $450
SOLD
Small Survivor Series Handmade Tray with Upcycled Glass
On display throughout the month at Stacy Jacobi's Showhouse, Knoxville, TN $250
SOLD to PRIVATE COLLECTION
The Gilhula Method is an intuitive art process designed for artists with a strong foundation in their medium. This reverse-engineered creative framework begins not with a fixed concept, but with pure intuition — allowing materials, gestures, and instinctive choices to guide the work from the very first step.
Instead of imposing meaning at the start, the method builds through layering and tension. Each pass is an intuitive response to what the piece is becoming. Technical skill and artistic training provide the stability to make quick, confident choices before overthinking sets in. Constraints — such as found materials, reclaimed textiles, or unconventional ceramics — become catalysts for inventive problem-solving.
The Gilhula Method also invites unexpected discoveries by deliberately shifting tools, perspectives, or environments mid-process. Artists record their process without editing in real time, creating a map of recurring visual or symbolic patterns that strengthen their intuitive voice.
Reflection happens after creation. Story, symbolism, and narrative surface naturally from the finished work, not from forcing a concept too soon. In this way, the Gilhula Method ensures intuition is not just a spark at the beginning, but the driving engine of deeper artistic exploration and emergent storytelling.
Proven across my own mediums — from choreography to writing to visual art and design — the Gilhula Method offers artists a way to trust intuition, use skill, and create with honesty.
Wendy Gilhula | Gilhula 360, LLC
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