ABOUT early textile work

A small selection of early works exploring thread, unraveling, repair, and the first gestures that led toward the later tapestry garden installations.


ARTWORK:

By a Thread (Nip/Tuck)
2021
Photographic woven tapestry, cotton-, polyester-, viscose thread
50" H x 70" W

ARTWORK:

Fray (By a Thread)
2021
Photographic woven tapestry, thread
38" x 50" x 6"

ARTWORK:

Garden (unravel & fade)
2020
51” H x 58” W x 1”
Photographic tapestry (unravelled thread from tapestry)

ARTWORK:

Garden (by a thread)
2020
62” H x 30” W x 1”
Photographic print on aluminum, silk, viscose, cotton, polyester thread

ARTWORK:

Garden (coming undone)  (VARIOUS)
2020
20” H x 16” W
Inkjet photographic print, silk, viscose, cotton, polyester thread

BY A THREAD - STATEMENT:

Thread cascades from my floral photographs, as if nature itself is unraveling.

In my work, flowers symbolize our humanity, ideas of sacredness, resiliency & hope.

This series explores the term “hanging by a thread”,  implying something is in an uncertain state & not likely to survive or succeed.

As our environmental, social & political landscapes continue to divide & fray, the metaphor of a garden, idyllic & beautiful, reflects hope of an optimistic outcome, a return to connectedness & wellbeing.

I combine photography with thread, marrying organic subjects with artificial processes, digital manipulation with handmade – a tension between divine and human nature.