On the left, an overhead shot of a handmade mug with a fresh teabag bleeding out into the water
On the right, an almost thirteen year old kid peeks through a hole in a disposable napkin, their mouth open with tongue hanging out below a tear in the paper
Ceramics, crystals grown on home-spun silk,
12 x 8 x 8 in
Image by Vivian Marie Doering. Courtesy of Catalyst Contemporary.
Search results for shape (collaboration with worms), 2023
Ceramics, worm-eaten paper pulp, beeswax, Dimensions variable (3 sculptures roughly 8 x 6 x 10 in each)
It's not a lesson for you in how to be different, 2023
Ceramics, paper pulp, acrylic magnifier,
6 x 6 x 7 in
It's not a lesson for you in how to be different, 2023
Ceramics, paper pulp, acrylic magnifier,
6 x 6 x 7 in
Ceramics, acrylic magnifier,
6 x 7 x 9 in
Watercolor on Paper, 5 x 7 in
Hungry Eyes, 2023
Ceramics, wood, worm-eaten paper pulp,
4 x 5 x 9 in
Dental Floss Weaving (Reach Mint Waxed) 2020
Dental Floss, 72 x 72 in.
Insomnia Drawing 471, 2021
Watercolor on Paper, 5 x 7 in
Woven Dental Floss and Monofilament, 2 x 2 in.
Dental Floss Weaving (Reach Total Care) 2020
Dental Floss and Monofilament, 4 x 4 in.
Watercolor on Paper, 5 x 7 in.
Dental Floss Weaving (Oral-B Superfloss) 2020
Dental Floss, 4 x 4 in.
While weaving with dental floss, I contemplate the relationships between production, consumption, vulnerability, and care. Dental floss, a material used for the care and maintenance of the mouth, is made from materials that devastatingly pollute oceans. As I am teaching my children to care for their gums and teeth, I am also contributing to a global crisis of ecological collapse. These works are a meditation on how an act of care in one direction can cause harm in another, and therefore become a metaphor for how harm and care are interwoven.
While weaving with dental floss, I contemplate the relationships between production, consumption, vulnerability, and care. Dental floss, a material used for the care and maintenance of the mouth, is made from materials that devastatingly pollute oceans. As I am teaching my children to care for their gums and teeth, I am also contributing to a global crisis of ecological collapse. These works are a meditation on how an act of care in one direction can cause harm in another, and therefore become a metaphor for how harm and care are interwoven.
Insomnia Drawing 467, 2020
Watercolor on Paper, 5 x 7 in
Untitled Diptych (Jackie’s Chair), 2019
Watercolor on Paper, 5 x 7 in
Electrical Circuits, Wood, Paper, Polymer Clay, Fiber Optics.
Watercolor on Paper, 5 x 7 in
Elecrical circuitry, soft stitched sculptures, painted twigs, plastic trash, paint, digitally printed fabric.
or, if there be flooding serves as an imagined response plan to a potential catastrophe. The title of this piece is a fragment from Advice to a Wife and Mother, published in 1878. Flooding, in the context of the book, refers to postpartum hemorrhaging. However, this euphemistic language can be more literally interpreted to reference natural disasters or rising sea levels. Blinking lights aimed at shadowy vignettes of accumulated detritus in the installation signal tenderly to the viewer a warning, a lament.
or, if there be flooding, 2017
As a part of the programming for this exhibition, I presented a hybrid performance/artist talk around the theme of Nap Time. I covered the floor of the installation with mattresses and blankets and spoke and sang lullabies to visitors.
Electrical circuitry, found materials installed in a dining room china hutch. Dimensions variable.
A selection of micro sculptures made of wire, polymer clay, and scraps installed in the dining room of a 1940s bungalo
Micro sculptures made of tape and plastic, polymer clay, wire, and trash
Insomnia Drawing 395, 2018
Watercolor on Paper, 5 x 7 in
Electrical Circuitry, wood, soft stitched form, paper. 12 x 14 x 8 in
Taking cues from baby nursery designs, these sculptures represent early investigations into the complexities of care-taking. Relying on both cerebral and sensual faculties, I combined tiny blinking electrical circuits with simple materials. Sensors integral to the circuits respond to ambient light and change the frequency at which the lights blink. I free-form soldered the circuits into sculptural compositions and then augmented them with art materials, brightly colored trash, and cheap craft supplies. The resultant amalgamations respond to the environment, signaling tenderly and playfully to the viewer.
Electrical circuitry, wood, paper, tape, string. Approximately 12 x 10 x 6 in.
Electrical Circuitry, wood, soft stitched form. 14 x 14 x 6 in
Watercolor on Paper, 5 x 7 in
Ink on Paper, 5 x 7 in
Ink on Paper, 5 x 7 in
Inspired by the Insomnia Drawings of Louise Bourgeois, I make drawings by the light of my phone whenever I awake in the middle of the night.
Tiny sculptures installed inside of souvenir photo viewing scopes.
Tiny sculptures installed inside of souvenir photo viewing scopes.
Electrical Circuitry, wood, soft stitched form. 12 x 24 x 8 in.
Electrical Circuitry, wood, soft stitched forms. Dimensions variable.
Electrical Circuitry, wood, soft stitched forms. Dimensions variable.
Sculptures made using found materials on glass and “bird tape” a material used to prevent bird collions on glass buildings. Dimensions variable.
Electrical circuitry, paper, wood, embroidery. 7 x 5 x 5 in
Electrical circuitry, paper, wood. 7 x 5 x 4 in
Electrical circuitry, paper, wood, embroidery. 7 x 5 x 5 in
Electrical Circuitry, wood, paper, hand-stitched battery cozy. 6 x 5 x 4 in
Electrical Circuitry, wood, paper, sewing pins incorporated into electrical circuit, hand stitched battery cozy . 5 x 5 x 4 in