This is a series of textiles that are channels for purging, healing, and repair. They are openings that invite connection to the world of the unseen - to ancestors, shadows, and ghosts.
Come/Cry for Mama, 2023, mercerized cotton warp, mohair, merino, linen, silk, metallic brass wire, 79 x 72 inches
"Smoke and Gold and Breathing," 2024, forged steel, mercerized cotton warp, brass wire, Mx dyed cotton, wool, silk, and linen, dimensions variable
Come/Breath for Mama, 2023-2024 Bronze studded steel bones, mercerized cotton warp, wool, silk, linen, metallic yarn, 80 x 61 x 24 inches
Doykeit (Yiddish, “Hereness”), 2024 mercerized cotton warp, handspun 2 ply yarn made of raw wool from a friend of a friend’s farm in Tuba, Masafer Yatta, Palestine twisted with raw wool from a friend of a friend’s farm in Arcata, California, discarded leather from the family of an undocumented friend, usnea lichen, 15 x 63 x 5 inches
The Kunst Covenant III, 2023, Mercerized cotton warp, Mx dyed cotton, wool, alpaca, copper wire, tree compost, synthetic polymers, 29 x 66 x 38 inches
The Kunst Covenant IV, 2023, mercerized cotton warp, wool, metallic thread, handwoven on TC2 loom, 26 x 37 inches
Lines to Amdur (side 1), 2023, mercerized cotton warp, wool, Mx dyed cotton, acrylic, 28 x 25.75 inches
Lines to Amdur (side 2)
Taco Sunset/Pancake Moon, 2023, merino, alpaca, silk, and thrifted yarns, 14 x 39 inches
