Textile and Fiber Art

A self-taught fiber artist/maker, I am drawn to craft-based practices – through creating, I perceive and, through perception, I create. I typically work privately and slowly on my hooked rugs, however I have recently embraced several opportunities to exhibit my work as part of an artistic action that highlights the process, inviting discussion and exploration with visitors.

Claiming time and space to experience a reflective, restorative state while working slowly, I create for myself, defying capitalistic and patriarchal expectations and standards. Many of us nurture private artistic engagements which are extremely valuable to us. The idea that art must be shared or sold to be justified is a constructed narrative that I reject.

Photography

As an extension of my research, I started to photograph the fibers and textiles that I am drawn to handle and work with. To explore “what my hands see,” I use a digital camera, handheld, and look at the material through a macro lens (no filter). I continue to discover landscapes that are, paradoxically, surprising and familiar.