Sydney Beach Zester's work uses antique, utilitarian textiles—historically, predominantly used by women inside the home—transforming them to serve an exclusively aesthetic purpose, by binding, stitching and stretching the material. This tension, both physical and emotional, inherently calls into question the binary and explores contrasting emotions. Sydney began working with textiles over 20 years ago as she trained under a master seamstress. Her work has been shown in Los Angeles, CA, Palm Springs, CA, Washington, D.C., Palo Alto, CA, and Atlanta, GA.