A small selection of early works exploring thread, unraveling, repair, and the first gestures that led toward the later tapestry garden installations.
By a Thread (Nip/Tuck)
2021
Photographic woven tapestry, cotton-, polyester-, viscose thread
50" H x 70" W
Fray (By a Thread)
2021
Photographic woven tapestry, thread
38" x 50" x 6"
Garden (unravel & fade)
2020
51” H x 58” W x 1”
Photographic tapestry (unravelled thread from tapestry)
Garden (by a thread)
2020
62” H x 30” W x 1”
Photographic print on aluminum, silk, viscose, cotton, polyester thread
Garden (coming undone) (VARIOUS)
2020
20” H x 16” W
Inkjet photographic print, silk, viscose, cotton, polyester thread
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.