PILLOWS - 2020 - present
STATEMENT - PILLOWS
During the pandemic, I began a series of works that were interpretations of textile patterns found around my home, created by meticulously arranging and firing glass seed beads on an enameled copper form. The melting of the beads permanently fuses the pattern but also encourages distortions. Each bead translates to a knot, a weave, or stitch, slowly building up designs through repetitive application. Described as 'tuffets' or 'pillows' these forms encapsulate stories from my personal life, while also creating opportunities for viewers to contemplate surface design, craft, materiality, and labor.
During the pandemic, I began a series of works that were interpretations of textile patterns found around my home, created by meticulously arranging and firing glass seed beads on an enameled copper form. The melting of the beads permanently fuses the pattern but also encourages distortions. Each bead translates to a knot, a weave, or stitch, slowly building up designs through repetitive application. Described as 'tuffets' or 'pillows' these forms encapsulate stories from my personal life, while also creating opportunities for viewers to contemplate surface design, craft, materiality, and labor.
DEVICE PORTRAITS - 2018- 2023
STATEMENT - DEVICE PORTRAITS
Since becoming a parent over a decade ago, I began a series of Device Portraits that explore the role of electronic media in daily life, through the lens of my children. Screen time appears to offer escape, comfort, and the opportunity to both connect and disconnect. The electronics become their own visual denial. In more recent studies, once the portrait has been fired in place in enamel, I adhere clear glass seed beads on top of the image, and fire the beads in place. This creates a visual distortion and also replicates the digital pixel on the surface. These pieces reveal a small portion of what it means to be a human in the twenty-first century and my ambivalence with this contemporary life.
Since becoming a parent over a decade ago, I began a series of Device Portraits that explore the role of electronic media in daily life, through the lens of my children. Screen time appears to offer escape, comfort, and the opportunity to both connect and disconnect. The electronics become their own visual denial. In more recent studies, once the portrait has been fired in place in enamel, I adhere clear glass seed beads on top of the image, and fire the beads in place. This creates a visual distortion and also replicates the digital pixel on the surface. These pieces reveal a small portion of what it means to be a human in the twenty-first century and my ambivalence with this contemporary life.
WHAT LIES BENEATH - 2018-2022
STATEMENT - WHAT LIES BENEATH
This small series of wall works use classical drapery to block out, cover, and hide parts of the human form. These compositions become a negation, a censoring or denial of what lies beneath..
This small series of wall works use classical drapery to block out, cover, and hide parts of the human form. These compositions become a negation, a censoring or denial of what lies beneath..
FLORAL FICTIONS - 2010 - 2020
