Thoughts and Prayers (Crib Quilt),
2024, found fabric, thread and cotton batting on linen, 32” x 34”



     
Unbreakable, 2026, vintage linen set, salvaged fabric scraps, thread, batting, dressmakers’ boning, dimensions variable (approx. 11” x 38” x 16” as shown here





   
My 1984 (cabbage rug),  2026, 100% Peruvian wool, cotton fabric, natural latex glue, 45" x 45" x .5"
My 1984 is a series of objects made for a teenage girl’s bedroom, hybridizing American pop culture of the 80s with elements of Soviet and Eastern European culture during that same time period. The pieces exist in a compressed space/time in which the exchange of culture and knowledge are not prevented by politics and explore nostalgia, loss and missed possibilities. The cabbage rug combines a swirly, psychedelic pattern in bright purples and pinks with the simple representation of a typical and beloved Russian food.




Urn, 2026, factory off-cuts and scrap fabric, thread, batting, 15” x 10” x 10”


My Tears and Broken Heart Should Comfort You, 2024, thread and found fabric, filled with dryer lint and old quilt stuffing, 6” x 12” x 12”





















White, 2024. household paint on cardboard and grocery store paper bag, 66” x 32” x 24”

First Cavalry, 2011, machine embroidered fabric and hand stitching, 108" x 95"
Created from factory “non-conforming goods,” specifically, mis-stitched US Army First Cavalry Division badges, which have been pieced together into a tapestry format, with embroidery “repair” delineating stain marks and holes

Remains of the Night, 2011, thread on stained tablecloth, 68" x 70"
The piece is a tablecloth presented on a simple table-base. The tablecloth itself becomes sculpture and memorializes events and accidents through embroidered delineation of spills and stains.



Electric
, 2011, electric blanket and hand stitching, 78" x 60"
An electric blanket has been cut open to remove the wiring, which is then stitched in place in the center of the piece.  The incisions left from the removal of the wiring have been sutured shut with black thread.  Stains on the blanket are also delineated with stitching.


All Better,
2011, thread on stained and moth-eaten blanket, 75" x 72"

Clumsy,
2007, hand-stitched thread on red-wine-stained, found tablecloth, 29" x 42" x 42"



Clumsy (detail), 2007, hand-stitched thread on red-wine-stained, found tablecloth, 29" x 42" x 42"


Clumsy (detail), 2007, hand-stitched thread on red-wine-stained, found tablecloth, 29" x 42" x 42"
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