An interactive, seven-layer digital collage created for a one week installation at VioletStrays.com, July 22-28
The bottom five layers came from a photo feed that I continually added to throughout the week. Atop this, two randomly chosen graphical elements joined in 900 possible combinations. Each view generates a different final piece, even with repeat viewings.
Hand-embroidered catalog page, 8 x 9-1/2 inches
This one’s a gift for my co-conspirator and good friend Troy Gua, who loves the Star Wars.
Many Moons, hand-embroidered catalog pages, 16 x 9-1/2 inches.
Discovering it, tucked away in the back of one of my favorite antique treasure stores, I felt an immediate draw. Surely my love of Hasselblad’s cameras contributed to this, but there was a certain nostalgia I felt as well, even though I was born long after the events captured. I knew for certain that I had to take it home with me, that I would find a purpose for it within my work.
Moon No. 1, 8 x 9-1/2 inches
For many months (moons), the catalog sat in a drawer. Every time I saw it, I felt that same compelling draw. Then, a few months ago, I awoke with the idea you see here.
Moon No. 5, 7-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches
The series was exhibited in full at Seattle Weekly’s Artopia.
Alteration no. 1, hand-embroidered postcard, 9-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches
This series was made for my one-night exhibition with Erin Frost at Vignettes. In addition to our collaborative series (i/ii/iii), we each altered a large batch of existing materials. I chose to work exclusively with embroidery on vintage postcards, allowing for no two repeating patterns.
Alteration no. 9, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches
Alteration no. 12, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches
Alteration no. 8, 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches
Alteration no. 10, 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches
Alteration no. 24, 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches
Alteration no. 4, 6 x 4 inches
Alteration no. 3, 6 x 4 inches
I have never attempted a project like this one. Along with Erin’s 26 piece batch, it made for one hell of a wall!
Lightjet c-print, 36 x 17-1/4 inches. Collaboration with Erin Frost.
This set of works combined many of our interests: performance photography, sewing and each other. Though strikingly different in mood and content from our last collaborations, the focus is again on a kind of connection, a force between us.