Soft Sculptures
This series of soft sculptures are conceptual self-portraits that embody internalized struggles from anxiety, anger, and loneliness to weariness, insecurity, and self-protection. Exploring the visceral combination of form, color, pattern, and texture, these intimate beings personify the struggles we all deal with but keep stuffed deep inside. All textiles are hand-painted and printed with dye.
Loneliness Grew Under Her Skin
10” x 6” x 10”
Linen painted with dye, hand embroidery, thread, stuffing
Bottom of the River
6” x 8” x 16”
Muslin, clay, hand embroidery, acrylic paint, wire mesh, thread, stuffing
I Told the World I’m Fine
18” x 12” x 5”
Linen, fiber-reactive dye, wire, thread, stuffing
Spill Your Darkness
18” x 12” x 5”
Linen, fiber-reactive dye, encaustic wax, wire, stuffing
Hold On, More is Coming
9” x 6” x 15”
Linen, clay, resin, acrylic paint, tea, nails, thread, stuffing
Courage to Break Her Own Heart
10” x 6” x 10”
linen painted with dye and textile paint, hand embroidery, wire, wire mesh, stuffing
Oankali
13” x 14” x 6”
linen painted with dye, hand-dyed yarn, wire, encaustic wax, wire mesh, stuffing
Betwixt and Between
38” x 42” x 9”
Linen hand-painted with dye, encaustic wax, wire, stuffing
Take Me Anywhere but Home
14" x 8" x 14"
linen screen printed with dye, hand embroidery, wire
Showed Up and Felt Out of Place
20" x 9" x 14"
Linen hand-painted with dye, thread, wire, waxed thread, twine, dyed sand
Feel Me All at Once
8" x 13"
linen painted with dye + hand embroidery
Pick What Hurts Best
12" x 12"
linen painted with dye + pins
Alone Together | Together Alone
10” x 6.5”
linen painted + screen printed with dye
Talking to Myself
9" x 6"
linen + silk painted and screen printed with dye
Care of Wounds That Cannot Be Seen
13” x 9”
linen painted with dye + dyed rubber
Destroy Me This Way
10” x 6.5”
linen painted with dye + hand embroidery
Bow Down to the Stars
10" x 12"
linen, cotton + rayon painted with dye