Memory and identity are the primary forces explored within my multimedia fiber collages. I accomplish this by layering vibrant and textured hand-dyed fabrics and weavings to relay my life experiences and memories. As a child I often daydreamed and kept to myself, imagining worlds I could run away to. My artwork investigates these imagined worlds by encapsulating a given moment and its accompanying emotions. Often I still feel that sense of disconnect to the present including within the body and my own identity. In my work, I use nude portraiture and tactile processes to reconnect with the skin, bone and flesh of my own physical body. I aim to use these narratives to invite others into these small maximalist worlds.

I am drawn to tedious and repetitive processes. Whether that be weaving, dyeing, or embellishment, the physical act and the time it takes is necessary to my practice and to the completion of my work. In my weaving work, I often use the computerized TC2 loom which gives me the ability to weave images. I draft all of my weaving patterns and dye my yarn. The physical nature of being a weaver and the back and forth rhythm of looms is very cathartic, the repetition gives one time to reflect. As my work often relates to myself and my personal experience in the world I feel that it is an extension of and a reflection of myself; it's something to care for.