Using traditional techniques of weaving and drawing, I create sculptural pieces infused with the language of love, loss, and anxiety. My discordant tapestries are fiber memoirs. These highly textured works combine many sources of materials: drawings, hand- and machine-woven fabrics, banners of text, wooden blocks and, most important, glitter. My love of fiber and illustration as both a technique and a symbolic presence imbues these emotional, often humorous pieces.
My relationship with my process is always intimate, as emphasized by these especially small works. My insecurity invokes my detail-oriented process and opens myself to my audience. I can’t help tell a story any other way. You cannot see that I spin and dye much of my own yarn, but even that helps tell the tale. Weaving becomes my noun and my verb.
