The conceptual ideas I’m currently exploring in my work revolve around figure/anatomy, expression, humor, self-portraiture, and the act of documenting my life through textile and fiber-based processes. While my art practice has largely become a fibers focused practice I also paint, illustrate, print, and experiment with a variety of mediums and materials. In the making of my work, I draw on a wide range of traditional craft techniques and experimental approaches. Techniques such as Knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing, soft sculpture construction, and fabric manipulation. These techniques allow me to work intuitively, building my pieces slowly and intentionally. I use construction techniques, such as dimensional patterning, stuffing, and layering to create sculptural or exaggerated forms.
My bizarre, weird self-portraits not only reflect on the physical form I inhabit over time, but also to capture my growth as an artist and a human being. Like a visual diary, each mixed-media fiber piece is a record of my experiences. I’m drawn to the body as a map and a narrative site. Through layered textiles and soft, stuffed elements, I reference the human form not just as a biological system, but as a metaphor for vulnerability and identity. I render the elements of the human body not with scientific precision, but with emotional and expressive interpretation. The body becomes a stand-in for identity and sometimes absurdity.
I use soft, stuffed forms to show the body in a cartoonish way. My awkward and stylized bodies make the work feel both unusual but also relatable. Whether I’m exaggerating a facial expression or body part, the work always circles back to the same impulse: to understand myself better and to be understood.
I hope to extend that understanding to the audience. Interactivity adds depth, connection, and meaning in ways that traditional viewing sometimes can’t. It turns observation into participation. Textile art is naturally tactile; people want to touch it. There’s something incredibly human about working with materials that are soft, warm, imperfect, things that fray, stretch, wrinkle. In the end, I want my work to make people laugh, to cringe, or remember something about themselves.