Glimmers Under the Sea

Be a part of Portland’s Winter Light Festival! Join Reflective Society’s Iris Vondell and Vivien Wise in creating a reflective under-the-sea installation in the windows of Fiber Rhythm Craft and Design.

Help make fish for our big collective fish!

WHAT: Choose sewing, knitting, or crochet to make as many fish as you like to be included in our installation. Bonus points for adding reflective yarn or fabric! Great fast and satisfying stash-buster project.

WHERE: Drop off at Fiber Rhythm
SE 10th and Division in the Ford building during business hours:

Sun:12-5
Mon: 12-8
Tues: 10-8
Wed: 10-8
Thur: 10-8
Fri & Sat: 10-5

DEADLINE to drop off: January 15th, 2026 and/or come to a fish-making event!

> Fish making event: Wednesday, December 10th, 5-8pm at Fiber Rhythm on SE 10th and Division. Materials Provided!

HOW: Follow one of these attached patterns or use your own:

About the Installation

Glimmers under the Sea is a reflective, textile-based seascape ecosystem created by Reflective Society duo Iris Vondell and Vivien Wise.

As fiber artists we draw parallels between the many stitches that form a garment and the many drops of water that fill the seas. Reflective Society uses retro-reflective materials that consist of many small glass spheres which reflect the light back to the viewer when light is shined on it.

We are often reminded that we rely on unseen communal processes throughout textile and garment creation– together we create something bigger than each of us. In this spirit, we invited our fiber community to contribute to the installation with crochet, knit, or sewn fish.

In the Fiber Rhythm storefront we explore the depths of the dark, deep sea in one window and make brighter, shallower waters in the other. Both contain glimmers of reflection throughout. ✨