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"Night Aggregations"
cotton stretched linen bandages, strips of linen, discarded yard, wool, string, various discarded fibers, and repurposed rope all covered in unfired stoneware-stretched and hung on a wooden frame loom.
48"x 48"x 120"
2018

"Regurgitated Wall"
cotton gauze, cheesecloth, tracing paper, flour paste, and shellac.
36" x 84"x 12"
2020

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"Buried Lines"
cotton stretched linen bandages and strips of linen either dipped in concrete or navy clay slip, or smeared with graphite dust-stretched and hung on a wooden frame loom.
3'x 3'x 2"
2019

"Tending the Garden"
worn towels, bed sheets, oven mittens, curtains, pillow cases, afghan blankets, yarn, colored poly-fil, torn, knotted and woven onto a wooden garden trellis eith unfired stoneware poured over the sculpture and dragged around
4'x 6'x 186"
2019

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"Uprooted"
dry rotten cotton strips, white cording, yarn, other discarded threads and cotton strips, fake sinew, wooden reeds, dried moss, suture cotton thread, worn bedsheets, dipped in unfired red earthenware, patched with shellac and hung on a strip of wood.
6'x 26"x 3'
2020

"Broken Windows"
kozo paper and adhesive
7' x 13' x 3'
2020

(close up of Broken Windows)

“Beauty for Ashes”
fired ceramic shards carved from a lump of clay, kozo paper, cotton gauze, cheesecloth, tracing paper, clay slip, thread, charcoal, and ash.
11’x 4’x 3’
2019

(close up for Beauty for Ashes)

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"Ironing in Imperfections"
deconstructed paper casted ironing boards made from cotton gauze, and shredded clothing that was found from the inside of a punching bag, gold thread, natural debris, fake sinew, and adhesive.
46"x 50"x 1"

(close up of Ironing in Imperfections)

"Beauty for Ashes" (Iteration II)
2020
1' x 4' x 1'

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"Building from the fall"
fired stoneware, mason stains, and mulberry paper.
32"x 5"x 14"
2019

(Building from the fall close up)

"Hold Steady"
tracing paper, tar paper, paint, adhesive, and stoneware
9' x 14' x 4'
2020

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