Stuff, Stuff, & Beyond
One Size Fits All, 2024. Secondhand fabric, sonotube, polyfill.
One Size Fits All, 2024.
One Size Fits All, 2024.
Self, 2024. Found mirror, scrap foam, scrap fabric, mixed media.
Self, 2024.
Polypropylamp, 2024. Plastic bags, waxed cord, lamp cord.
Polypropylamp, 2024.
Libertas, 2023. Bedsheet & found lamp from Locke, CA.
Libertas, 2023.
Libertas, 2023.
Libertas, 2023.
Libertas, 2023.
Libertas, 2023.
Suffer for Fashion, 2021. Bedsheet, curtains, insulation foam, & fence board.
Suffer for Fashion, 2021.
Stuffed, 2023.
Stuffed, 2023. Hand embroidery & mixed media on handsewn & stuffed bedsheet, refrigeration copper tubing, ash wood.
Stuffed, 2023.
This series investigates our absurd relationship to “stuff”, ownership & possession, and our identities as mindless consumers. Each sculpture explores themes and emotions relating to home, the human body, comfort, and security. I utilized found materials that were once intended to create comfort in a home such as old bedsheets, found discarded housewares, and leftover construction materials from a house remodel.
Shopping Bag Series
Fuck You, 2021. Hand embroidery on plastic bag.
Thank You, 2020. Hand embroidery on plastic bag.
You Are What You Buy, 2020. Hand embroidery on plastic bag.
Embroidered Paintings
Dance, 2023. Hand embroidery and India ink on canvas. 16"x20".
Filled, 2022. Hand embroidery and India ink on canvas. 16"x20".
Melt, 2022. Hand embroidery and India ink on canvas. 16"x20".
Spill, 2022. Hand embroidery and India ink on canvas. 16"x20".
Whole, 2023. Hand embroidery and India ink on canvas. 16"x20".
First, Last (Death Valley), 2022. 36" diameter. Hand embroidered painting on raw canvas.
First, Last (Death Valley), 2022. 36" diameter. Hand embroidered painting on raw canvas.
First, Last (Death Valley), 2022. 36" diameter. Hand embroidered painting on raw canvas.
First, Last (Death Valley), 2022. 36" diameter. Hand embroidered painting on raw canvas.
Artist Statement
Utilizing embroidery, mixed media, everyday materials, and secondhand or discarded textiles, my work is centered around a time consuming process that explores the invisible themes of labor, time, waste, and gender that are embedded within the fabric of our consumer society.
I fully immerse myself in the physicality of a material and create not only a meditative practice in my process, but also an end product that illustrates this approach. By manipulating a material through repetition and multiplication, I create visually stimulating textures, flowy compositions, and playful color stories that are reminiscent of the patterns, feelings, and moments we collectively find in nature. My work is an abstract exploration of the connections between forgotten or discarded materials, consumerism, climate change, and our beautiful planet Earth.