Statement

My work utilizes the natural rhythmic variation that occurs in daily repetition. Textile materials coupled with traditional hand embroidery techniques are at the heart of my work. Delving deeper into learning textile techniques and subsequently learning glassblowing, I’ve come to embrace my part in the larger story of craft. Through the techniques and materials I consciously choose, my work continues to not only tell the story of women’s work, but also considers labor practices and the processes of creation.

The underlying grid found in each piece provides a foundation where basic forms are mirrored, disrupted, subject to rotational symmetries, inversions and chance improvisations. My preference for simple, geometric shapes in my work creates an environment that is readily understood and interest is created through emphasizing form, material and visual mass. This modest vocabulary of classical shapes and personal materials becomes a meditation not only on form and material, but space, surface, and process. The variables of time and process are important aspects to my work. Patience and attention to detail add emotional warmth to the geometry and allows each piece to individually sit serenely complete by itself or within the context of other works.

As in a meditation practice, with repetition it is possible to observe objectively the rhythms of individual experience both personally and within the constraints of our communities. The intimacy of a single piece evokes a sense of internal contemplation while simultaneously being an integral part of a more complex and responsive experience – just as with an individual’s interaction and connections within the fabric of the community and society.