Field Notes is not a jacket in the traditional sense, but a meditation on what clothing can hold - both physically and metaphorically. Designed and sewn by Oregon coast–based upcycling artist Danielle La’Rae, the piece transforms reclaimed canvas into a garment covered with thirty-two sculptural pockets. The canvas itself carries a history. Once used as protective sheeting inside a plexiglass factory, the heavy 20oz fabric has been re-contextualized from industrial barrier to wearable canvas. In its new life, the material no longer shields machinery, but instead becomes a carrier for wildflowers, notes, and fragments of the field. A shift from separating production to gathering memory.

At first glance, the pockets look purely utilitarian, a nod to field jackets or workwear. But their shape is intentional: each is patterned after the paper sleeves or cones used to carry fresh bouquets. In doing so, Field Notes reimagines pockets not as functional storage but as vessels for memory - containers for wildflowers, scraps, notes, and fragments of a life in motion. They are both practical and poetic, suggesting that clothing can be a companion in gathering experiences as much as it is a shield against the elements.