To make these works, I built my own tapestry looms using salvaged lumber and plied and dyed rope using a cast-iron rope machine from 1901 and plant-based dyes. The works were intended to conjure resilience and expand the capacity of the loom. They were created in an intuitive, deeply personal process that embraced the unknown as a collaborator and reflected on my experiences of inhabiting a complicated and unreliable body.
Where They Broke Me
handmade rope, ceramics, found objects, clay slip
7' x 4'
2024
Spirit House
handmade rope, ceramics, found chain and hardware, iron oxide, beeswax, TENS electrodes
9' x 8' x 5'
2024
It's Coming Back
handmade rope, ceramics, anatomical model, used hardware, theraband tubing
2024
suddenly emerging always returning
handmade rope, ceramics, found objects, iron oxide, eucalyptus bark
8' x 3'
2023
