Emily Peters is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, clothing and jewelry artisanship, sound, and sustainable design. With over 15 years of expertise in metal-working, textile design, fabric manipulation, printing and dyeing, and more than 25 years in vocal music and sound exploration, Peters embodies a rare synthesis of material craft and sonic artistry. Her artistic languages of fiber, sound, and adornment converge into a practice rooted in sustainability, ecological consciousness, and sensory immersion.
Peters holds a Bachelor of Science in Clothing Design with a minor in Fine Art from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and has complemented her artistic career with deep engagement in yoga, massage therapy, and herbalism—all of which inform her holistic approach to artmaking. She is a member of Fiber Artists Miami Association (FAMA), Zero Waste Miami Coalition, Futures Observatory (Bangkok Kunsthalle), and EcoArtSpace.
Beyond the studio, Peters is also the founder of Recreate Miami, a grassroots creative reuse project that has diverted over 30 tons of production materials from landfills to artists and designers, including rehoming more than 9 tons annually from Ultra Music Festival.
Peters stated that “My creative practice is a living exploration of all that connects us: the information each particle of life carries and the ways each interacts or departs. My works revolve around sound, physics, and self-inquiry. The arts of fiber, sound and adornment are my primary languages, through which I center sustainability, responsible and decolonized ecological conservation, and the reimagined use of our Earth’s resources. My methods rely on sustainably produced metals, reclaimed natural fabrics, and non-toxic pigments in low-energy, water-conscious dye processes that avoid harmful heavy metals.Through fabric manipulation, I sculpt forms that mirror nature’s truth that nothing exists in isolation. Similarly, my soundscapes—woven from voice, guitar, mandolin, keys, and field recordings—invite meditative listening and sensory immersion. In bringing these elements together, my work seeks to remind us of our interconnectedness with each other, the Earth, and the cosmos.”
Peters’ multidisciplinary practice has been showcased widely across the United States and beyond, spanning exhibitions, performances, and sustainable fashion initiatives. Her recent highlights include SO SOFT, a soundscape, installation, and film presented at Feria Clandestina: Making Room in Miami (2024), and WHEN WE WERE THE SAME STAR, a textile installation featured in Unraveling Surrealism at Pinecrest Gardens (2024). She contributed to Rescue: Waste & Redemption at the Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens, GA (2024) and produced the Recreate Miami Recreative Art Exhibition for the Zero Waste Miami Celebration (2024). Earlier works include AIR, featured in TOUCH for the INTO THE WILD film series by PAXy.org (2021), alongside multiple music albums and live performances such as Celestial Nectar (2018) and The Mother (2021). Her practice has also been recognized in film, most recently with Voices of Regeneration (Unearthodox, 2025) and Ecotopia Documentary (2024), affirming her position as a distinctive voice at the intersection of ecological art, sound, and sustainable practice.
During her time at Studio 88, Peters will expand on her ongoing WEBS series, creating a three-dimensional installation of suspended fabric forms interwoven with a soundscape of field recordings and ambient compositions drawn from the environment of Doi Saket. The work will take shape as a labyrinth of hand-dyed, reclaimed fabrics—materials once destined for landfill but reimagined into a collective web. As visitors walk through, they will be guided by sound: layered recordings of local nature, woven with Peters’ voice and instruments, unfolding uniquely with each step. By merging sculpture with sound in an immersive, sensory experience, the project offers both an ecological message and a reflection on connection. Peters emphasizes that her methods—reusing reclaimed fabrics and working with non-toxic dyes that conserve energy and water—demonstrate the possibility of creating without harming the Earth or its peoples.
At its heart, her work is a meditation on interconnectedness: “Modern living is increasingly isolationist, yet nature and the cosmos are intrinsically collectivist. Everything is connected, nothing exists in isolation. The Web and its soundscape embody this truth, inviting us to walk through and listen.”
Read more about Emily Peters on her website https://www.eeiiyy.com/
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