“My work investigates the tension between fragility and stability, control and chaos, through stitched structures that bridge the arenas of painting, textiles, and sculpture. The works are composed separate elements made of wood or cardboard and are joined together with heavy threads. I use stitching not only as a method of construction but as a conceptual framework: a way to explore how things are joined and the tenuous reliability of the structures we rely on. Whether social, political, or cultural, the systems that shape our lives are rarely as solid as they seem.”….(read more)