Areas of Expertise:

Fashion Design

Fibers

3D Printing/ Laser Cutting

Painting

Sewing

Hand cutting and Detail Work

Typography/Lettering

Artist Statement:

When I imagine a landscape I envision a melodic arrangement of forms, shapes and colors constantly in flux. My textiles are improvised paintings plucked from my material surroundings and realized through the lens of fiber.

Preferring to work on a large scale and using blank cotton canvas as a substrate, I employ multiple methods such as hand dying, painting, printmaking, quilting, and embroidery -to introduce layers of complexity of undulating surface textures and dimensions that create tension. These hands-on activities are important to my process of laying out a visual story. They allow me to organically feel and experiment with varying shapes and textures that often regenerate into new forms. Equally critical to my work is the space taken away from the viewer. Cutting out, or subtracting shapes from the canvas imbues my pieces with an element of mystery, making the unseen as much a part of the narrative as the solid cloth.

Another important feature in my work is my deliberate use of color. Working intuitively, color interpretations free me from boundary restrictions in relation to my surroundings -both natural and man made- and allows for more fluidity and a focus on movement within each piece.

Nature fascinates me with its intricacies and complexities of ever-changing forms. As things all around me catch my eye, I include them in my work -interpreting what causes them to live and breathe into texture, form and color. Man-made forms such as industrial shapes and the materiality of my urban landscape also inform my work. From playing with shapes that originate from plants on a microscopic level such as plant cells, to architecture that surrounds me, -by warping, distorting and overlapping, I play with the idea of nature vs artificiality by adding layers of saturated chemical colors, bright synthetic threads, and shiny plastic foils. Layering allows my work to constantly replicate itself in new ways, freeing me to create as I go.