Change is an inevitable human experience, and yet I struggle accepting new situations and identities. My art practice explores the emotional and physical stages of change—from resistance to acceptance. My recent series started with the life altering process of becoming a mother. My motherhood experience has been filled with joy, trauma, triumph, pain, resilience, and depletion. My artwork captures these emotions and their impact on my physical body.
After Party (postpartum in Real life) captures a unique moment in my journey. A self portrait of my changed skin—porcelain shapes held together by fiber mimicking the texture and patterns of my stretch marks. I use ‘ordinary’ clay, cotton yarn, weaving needles, and latch hooks to pay homage to the generations of mothers who have gone before me and used these materials to create beautiful, expressive, and essential items for their children. The everydayness of these materials highlights the value in the taken for granted, common parts of our life’s stories.