Apertures
The repetition of mark making on cloth, delicate and small openings twined in waxed linen, weavings splayed like animal hides, these works represent the abstracted body.
Healing Fields 65"x34"x2" cotton muslin, wood, screen printed, with textile inks, embroidery The diptych arranged close together and framed by wood created an association of looking through windows, looking out onto a field. The small ovals are like water drops on glass that magnify what lies underneath. Hurricane Katrina and the flooded rooms leaving behind water marks where residue was captured on the wall are also associations.
Looking at several details placed together The small ovals represent intimacy, a place to rest your eyes, a place to gather your breath, a place of looking beneath the surface.
Healing Field no 1. 2013 36"x48" cotton muslin, screen printed with textile inks, embroidery
Healing Fields no. 1 detail
Rend 1 97"x40" woven, linen, waxed linen, fish hooks, weights, wire cable, Memory is imprinted with lines slowly over time. These meandering lines tell stories of our desires and longings.
Rend 1 side view
Rend 1 detail with weights
Rend 1 detail with stitching
Rend 2 2008 45"x27" woven, linen, hand made kozo paper, block printed, wax Scraped, torn and distressed, Rend 2 amplifies the effects of time.
Rend 2 detail
Spine 2004 60"x4"x3" woven double weave, linen, cotton, hardware cloth In the collection of Carol Shaw-Sutton
Spine detail
Untouched installation view, 5 boxes with twined forms, wood, waxed linen, beeswax Each box with twined form represents the orifices of our bodies and are placed on the wall in relation to their positions within the body. The beeswax encases each box as a protective skin.
Untouched, detail of 3 boxes with twined forms
Untouched, detail with box and twined form
Untouched, detail with box and twined form
Untouched, detail of box with twined form