Everything is multi-media, but these works focus on fiber arts
40” x 30”
2024
screen printing, heat press dyes, and foiling on 3 separate layers of sheer fabrics
The Pleasure Project is an exploration in visualizing my own pleasure. During HRT I discovered a difference in my experience with sexual climax and sought to tell that story.
38” x 11” x 9”
2024
ceramic, glaze, seaglass, fabric, faux fur, yarn, leather, polymer clay
This ceramic and fabric puppet is based on the capra (the goat) dance in Romania
Weevil Puppet
13” x 5” x 9”
2023
fabric, polymer clay, acrylic paint
A tiny bug to tell large stories, this hand puppet was used in a puppet show about the largest organism in the world
23” x 16” x 5”
2024
dye sublimation of watercolor on pillowcase, pillow
An all consuming love, like an ouroboros these lovers feed off each other for eternity
Lichen Lovers
22” x 15”
2024
dye sublimation of a collage on quilt batting
Lichen is a symbiotic relationship between fungus and algae, the fungus creates the protective cover over the algae creating an environment where it can thrive while the fungus eats off of the algae’s overgrowth. This piece tells the story of two lovers making love in the way of lichen.
Ged the Walnut Guardian
10” x 4” x 3”
2022
faux fur, polymer clay, wire, batting, acrylic paint, alcohol marker
The first of the walnut guardians. Ged is a forest spirit and a wizards apprentice. As the wizard teaches Ged magic, Ged shares his botanical knowledge.
Walnut Guardian
16” x 6” x 16”
2023
faux fur, old clothes, beads, wire, batting, polymer clay, acrylic paint, alcohol marker
This guardian was created at the height of bathroom laws that were made to ban trans people from public spaces in 2023.
I first found a love for black walnuts in West Virginia, when I seemed like I would no longer be able to return there, I found that walnuts also grow prevalently in Chicago, Ohio and Wisconsin, which is home to my fiercest supporters. I created this guardian out of clothes I wore before my transition, all dyed with walnut dye. Created in the shape and size of a cat, this guardian is sent to bring comfort to me and those like me.
Colorado Potato Beetle
A practice in embroidery.
Fabric Guardian
15” x 6” x 4”
2021
polymer clay, fabric, yarn, acrylic paint
They live in the unorganized sprawling fabric stores, salvaging scraps for clothes and yarn for hair extensions.