world of co virtual artist residency

december 2020

I believe in the interdependence of all things and that art has the potent and peaceful power of speaking directly to one’s spirit. I am constantly inspired by and learning from the infinite potentials yielded from working with found fibres and the myriad of responses textiles can elicit – both familiar and foreign.

Through many small accumulated actions of pulling both soft and hard materials through lush colorful threads, I create woven structures. Scraps of natural and synthetic materials coalesce within them-- virgin wool, mercerized cotton, animal fibres of unknown origin meet with plastic garlands, beads and straws to become a fabric, a body, a matrix. The densely colored and richly textured fields of material offer an alternative experience of things that are often overlooked or cast off in the everyday: the true the trappings of our collective time and culture, i.e. disposable items.

These works explore the emotive qualities of materials and become playfully abstracted within the boundaries of large-scale forms. The combinations of materials take on their own life, maintain their own authority, command attention and offer a space for contemplation. My process allows me to embrace idiosyncrasy, imperfection, the true nature of us as I analyze my own relationship to the world around me.

The practice of weaving is as old as human time, I use the age- old technologies of on-loom weaving in order to tell new stories, set new intentions and elicit new responses. Although materials are solidly secured and tamed within the structures, the gesture of the human hand is always emphasized. The materials come together to create a cacophonous symphony, a road map, a sacred scroll, manifesting alternative values of care, curiosity, trust, tolerance and transformation.