My creative practice centers on transformation—of materials, symbols, and personal and collective histories. Since the early 2000s, I have used discarded objects and reclaimed fabrics as my primary sculptural materials, creating works that are tactile, meticulously fabricated, and organic in form. My choice of materials reflects my interest in reuse and a deep desire to connect with a rich, often overlooked lineage of feminine craft. I combine the modernist formal language of abstraction, materiality, and process, with a personal aesthetic tradition of everyday object-making, passed down through generations of women in my family. Much of my work questions the historical dismissal of “feminine” materials and modes of making, drawing connections between domesticity, sentimentality, and the environment.

Notably, since 2016 I’ve been committed to a series of large-scale sculptures that take on persona-like identities. Works in this series carry titles that suggest the occupational or social roles we inhabit or inherit, such as The Gardener, The Caretaker, and The Griever. By naming these sculptures as they manifest through found objects and textiles, I present the materials that life continually places in our path—one more time—through the deep human reflex to reinvent and to better understand our own footprint over time. Functioning as archetypical metaphors for engagement, they are homespun avatars for a hyper-mediated social world.

Drawing and collaging are keystones to my process and serves as two-dimensional visual maps for intuitive three-dimensional work. My drawings carrying the same humility as my sculpture in what can be made by hand and utilizing what is readily available. In contrast to the slow nature of my sculpture process, drawing is quick, often small-scale doodles with colored pencils and markers.

Currently, I’m excited about a new direction in my work that draws inspiration from my investigations into divination tools and practices, such as tarot, and the words and symbols I record in my sketchbooks. The four elements of air, earth, fire, water, and the four directional coordinates of north, south, east, and west are a framework for my research into the inner self/psyche and are both conceptual anchors and formal guides. This work is expressing itself in many forms- collage, small-scale sculpture, and large-scale installations- and continues my exploration of language, intuition, and the unseen forces that shape our lives.

At the heart of my practice is a belief in the power of everyday materials to hold space for reflection, reinvention, and a deeper understanding of the visible and invisible structures that shape us.