Yesha West

Currently based in the U.S.A. and Canada

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Yesha is a maker, theatre technician and sailor originally from North America. Yesha grew up in between Canada and Islesboro, Maine, USA. As a child she traveled with her parents for their work. These journeys took her to places ranging from, Japan, to Iran and Turkey to France to Mexico.

She studied Production Technology and Management in Glasgow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland from 2015 and graduating with a BA in 2018. She had worked in theatres across Scotland and England. In Spring 2025 she graduated with an MA from the Individualized Program at Concordia University in Montreal. Her thesis was titled Between the Lines: The Clothing of Edna St. Vincent Millay, accessible on this website. As of September 2025 she will be enrolled as a PhD Student in the same program at Concordia, studying public history and WWI clothing.

Yesha is a multidisciplinary maker with skills ranging from textiles and fibre arts to carpentry, cabinetry and welding.

Origins of the Maker

Earliest attempt at making clothes. Plastic bags in Ciudad Abierta, Ritoque, Chile. 2004

Earliest attempt at making clothes.

Plastic bags in Ciudad Abierta, Ritoque, Chile. 2004

Making “furniture”. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 2007

Making “furniture”.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 2007

Contact

yeshasubowest@gmail.com
+1 (207) 706-6938