Textiles



Pine Trap
20” x 22”
2/3
Hand made collapsible douglas Fir hanging form,
100% cotton chain-stitched on linen,
with waxed twine and cedar toggle


Forest Freckles
20” x 22”
2/3
Hand made collapsible douglas fir hanging form,
100% cotton chain-stitched on linen,
with waxed twine and cedar toggle


Quarry
20” x 22”
1/3
Hand made collapsible douglas fir hanging form,
100% cotton chain-stitched on linen,
with waxed twine and cedar toggle


Hen of the Woods
20” x 22”
1/3
Hand made collapsible douglas fir hanging form,
100% cotton chain-stitched on linen,
with waxed twine and cedar toggle


Lichen
25” x 22”
1/3
Hand made collapsible douglas Fir hanging form,
100% cotton chain-stitched on linen,
with waxed twine and cedar toggle


Clam Bake
20" x 20"
Chainstitch embroidery on linen

Front and Follow
20" x 20"
Chainstitch embroidery on cottton



Quality Produce / Produce Quality
35" x 35"
100% silk hand-printed with acid dyes



Four Color Process Test
10" x 10"
100% silk hand-printed with acid dyes

Build 003
initial installation in my studio
Go Figure
This project is a tool for tactile installations. Conceived as a modular sculpture system, Go Figure is able to adapt to any space. It operates primarily as a dimensional drawing device (an easy-to-build system of wood and custom metal brackets that a person or group can use to draw in space). This work is my way of using the varied processes I’m drawn to and influenced by to build spaces and objects that play with motifs—from domestic space to construction site—intertwining historically gendered materials, luxury and lowbrow items, to confuse and question our established associations.
With its DIY nature and the transparency of its construction, this piece is an invitation. Its bones are a tool for collaboration (as seen in the video below).
The challenge of making physical work within the space available in New York City and an interest in the idea of a democratic form, led this project to be as malleable as possible. Although the aesthetics call on commercially produced goods, the contents were all hand made. From the wood braces—laminated, shaped, painted and waxed—to the quilted tarps, hand-printed silk textiles, and varied panels. The work is not meant to be reproduced—it's meant to grow. It’s still very much in progress and will continue to evolve.
My thesis presentation is below, along with an extended look at the collaborative building process.
My thesis presentation is below, along with an extended look at the collaborative building process.
Collaborators:
Video - Juan Bravo
Music - Nate Appel
Quilting - Elizabeth Miklejohn
3D Modeling - Chester Dols
Builders (in the video) - Daniel Arturo Almeida,
Chester Dols, Nell Jocelyn,Hannah Jocelyn,
Lexie Kline, Jamie Mcintosh, and Weston Rivel
Video - Juan Bravo
Music - Nate Appel
Quilting - Elizabeth Miklejohn
3D Modeling - Chester Dols
Builders (in the video) - Daniel Arturo Almeida,
Chester Dols, Nell Jocelyn,Hannah Jocelyn,
Lexie Kline, Jamie Mcintosh, and Weston Rivel


Three custom powder-coated steel brackets, in multiple formations
Fusion 360 model of the brackets



Cart build 001
Build 001 (top right)
Cart build 002
Cart build 002

Build 002

















Loose Cannon - 001
Loose Cannon Editions
This project is the first of an experimental press, focusing on editions in which the recipient is an active collaborator in the final piece. It's an installation you build, share, and can fit in your pocket. The first edition is a sampling of patterns, pieces of collage, gestures, and forms that I developed, then risographed and laser cut on multi-colored stock.

Loose Cannon - 001 contents

Loose Cannon Installation - 001

Plumb Line
Fiberglass reinforced plastic, OSB plywood,
rubberized rope over steel armature, 2 led camp lights
Crumple Zone
Crumple Zone, a name that refers to the area on a car designed specifically for collisions. This body of work saw my studio as a site for experimentation and had me move out of a mainly two-dimensional practice. The resulting work came out of throwing my immmediate influences up against each other.

Rumble Strips
48” x 27”
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic, OSB plywood, Jcloth, Oil on cardboard,
Enamel on vacuum formed plastic, in aluminum light-box

Crumple Zone
Installation view and details











Sign of Good Cheesecake
9" x 12"
Watercolor on paper
Watercolour Studies


















Tom and Soda
12" x 9"
Watercolor on paper
Blinds Cinched Too High on One Side
6" x 9"
Watercolor on paper
Loft Lamp
12" x 9"
Watercolor on paper
Salon Wall
9" x 9.75"
Watercolor on paper
Summer Snack
12" x 9"
Watercolor on paper
Maine
6" x 9"
Watercolor on paper
Fort Defiance
12" x 9"
Watercolor on paper
Kings County
9" x 6"
Watercolor on paper
Stuck Pear on a Tin Plate
12" x 9"
Watercolor on paper
Louis’ Lands End
9.75" x 9"
Watercolor on paper
Starline Social Club
10" x 14"
Watercolor on paper
Summer Snack no. 2
12" x 9"
Watercolor on paper
Good Lookin Pair
9" x 12"
Watercolor on paper
The Loft
9" x 12"
Watercolor on paper
Robert's Chair
9" x 6"
Watercolor on paper
Chair With Blanket
6"X9"
Watercolor on paper
Bathroom
7" x 9.25"
Watercolor on paper
Shelter Island Porch
12" x 17"
Watercolor on paper