Porcelain Relief Pots

Monster Mouth Plant Collecting Belt

Geometric Flower Vessels

Compost/Garden System

 

a portable, transformable garden system. 

the top level houses potted plants, seedlings, tools, watering cans, etc. the bottom level stores two compost bins, one with worms and one without. 

the top level is set into eight tubes and can be easily lifted apart so the plants can chill in the sun while the worms stay safely in the shade. 

the whole system is on wheels so during the summer months it can be far away from the home to avoid unpleasant smells and pests, and during the winter it can be brought closer to the house or inside. 

 

in the winter, a green house will be set into drilled holes on the top layer. holes drilled in the bed of the garden level will allow the heat from the compost to keep the garden warm.

Large Bowls and Funnels

Faces

People/Ants Repeats

Fabric Masks

Looking Up

 

 

 

For this piece I preformed a series of walks in which I focused primarily on "looking up"

I observed the translucent layering of colors and patterns created by different trees.

My response was to hand draw multiple repeats based on different species of trees.

The colors and patterns are representational of those I observed

The drawings were scanned, digitally colored, and layered.

The large compositions were printed digitally on rayon which is made from tree fibers.

The two pieces of cloth were installed above heads.

To encourage the viewer to "look up"

Color Film From California

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Woven Hammock

 

Woven Hand Dyed Cotton and Wool

Double Cloth Woven Imagery

 Spring 2010

Carved Porcelain Vase

 

Hand Carved Porcelain Vase

Graphic Flying Geese Pattern

For Sale on my Etsy

Memory Loss Dolls

 

This is a project that deals with the loss of memory, especially the memory of making. On an individual scale these dolls, fashioned after old ladies, are armless and unable to use the skills they have accumulated throughout their lives. They have lost their making memory in the way that we all ultimately will. I created the dolls in an "assembly line" style, working them as a whole, step by step. This process disconnects me from the final piece, puts me at a disadvantage for adjustments, but is much quicker. Because of how the dolls were made, they talk about the loss of making memory as a society. I am concerned about the issue of accumulative memory loss of skills as older people start to forget.

Japanese Bound Books