Artist Statement
Observing the possibilities and limitations of a seasonally and geographically specific palette, I create ecologically focused textile art that engages with the living world through traditional practices of foraging, dyeing, weaving, and stitching. I explore the common threads of our shared humanity, aiming to forge connections—to the earth, to ancestral knowledge, and to one another.
Growing and foraging materials, I cultivate a relationship between the body and the land, delving into the tension inherent in the temporality of the living world. I bond the qualitative experiences of light and color to the physical materials of fabric and yarn, creating a place-based palette that is unique to here and now. Color serves as the foundation of my work, which manifests as large, ethereal fabric assemblages, loom-woven pieces, paintings, and sculpture to represent the cycles of life and gesture towards our place in the family of things.
