STATEMENT OF WORK

When I was 14, I dug up the bones of my old pet guinea pig that I had buried as a girl. I cleaned them up & glued them together so that the skeleton was sitting up in a tiny chair with its legs crossed, reading a tiny newspaper and wearing tiny sandals.

There is a great pleasure for me in working with organic mediums. Things that once were alive or that have an energy of their own. Wood, leather, hair, metal, fiber, bone, glass, feather, clay... Shifting their original nature ever so slightly.

My carved wood and leather covered "ritualistic objects" that I made in the past have given way to my square heads, keeping that same primitive feel, with tacks, nails, marbles, leather and found objets filling in for features.

Twenty-five years ago, I made glass vessels, creating small contained dioramas that were covered in an organic mix, for example, of beer & pulverized pretzels, that would allow a furry mold to grow and change the landscape of the piece over time. An evolving piece, changing from fluffy cloudlike whites, greens, & blues to a darker denser cover. Recently, I have returned to this process, only making fired clay "Teratomas" that fit into sealed glass jars and are covered with the mold solution, rewarding the mad scientist in me.

Currently, I am working in clay, creating my gardenless plants.