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STATEMENT OF WORK
My artistic practice is focused on the transformation of found and repurposed materials. I work in series, using objects that carry social or cultural references, especially those that are associated with traditional or historical notions of gender. I’ve developed bodies of work based on collections of tobacco pipes, paintbrushes and wigs, and kid gloves, among other things.
The worn leather clothing at the heart of my recent work is salvaged from thrift stores, or passed down to me by friends and fellow artists. I’m grappling with the physical and tactile qualities of the leather, and the poetry of its multiple histories. As consumer objects, purchased, and discarded, they are relics of the changing desires of a society in flux. As the very personal articles of self-presentation and identity, the garments are imbued with the stories and personalities of anonymous women. And at essence, as hide or skin, the leather retains the vivid memory of animal life. Each empty garment is a body surrogate, a memento mori, while the proportions and curves of its pattern shapes are abstract reflections of feminine form.