Artist Statement
Artist-made Wool Felt & Hand Embroidery
In 2015, I started making wool felt and embellishing with hand embroidery. I like the physical process of making wool felt and hand embroidery is like painting in slow motion.
What would I like the viewer to take away from my art? Life is complex, mysterious, and awe-inspiring. The natural environment is our home. The future is in our hands.
Fabric Collages
My fabric collages are like story boards or stills from a movie when the key character arrives at a critical moment. Will the protagonist rise to meet the crisis? Or will he/she find comfort in denial or blame? Who is a hero? A villain? Or a dupe?
Man’s use of textiles to signal social status combined with fashion’s ranking as the third highest polluting industry world-wide make textiles an ideal medium to share with the viewer questions about how we as a society navigate a changing climate.