Artist Statement
I engage human and environmental predicament at the meeting place between serendipity and intention; the beauty the sacred found enriched by fabrication. I am interested in how art responds to crisis to be a force for healing - on both individual and community levels - how we might deflect a disheartening and destructive trajectory and generate different possibilities for our story.
Old things, everyday things - long used, or used and discarded - possess a resonance of memory and time; they are rich with meaning, nostalgia and reference.
Following the lead of materials that at first seem unrelated – rust & lace, glass & stone, metal & rubber – I trust the art making process to reveal immanence in the ordinary.
My mother and grandmother both practiced needle work. I enjoy the textural possibilities of fiber arts, the sensibility of the process and the connection to the work of women artists over time.
Welding, sometimes called “sewing with metal,” offers an expanded measure of flexibility.
My life has been shaped by experiences in beloved wild places. With a background in environmental science, education, and advocacy, I am always interested in processes at work in the more than human world – movement, cycles, shadow, equilibrium, entropy, and interconnection. What we pay attention to, and how that effects what we choose to keep or throw away, be they materials, ideas, or specifics of the natural environment, can change the stories we tell and the possibilities we allow
I draw on insights from both science and art to better understand the beauty we live in and encourage a story of wholeness still within reach.
