I draw from the post-consumer waste stream, which serves as both muse and medium.
During the early months of the Covid pandemic, mandatory quarantines drastically altered life. Unable to travel to my studio in New Haven, I began making art out of discarded clothing and ephemera found in my home. In a small converted workroom, I assembled nautical maps out of discarded clothing and fiberglass screens. Initially, I draped and pinned fabric onto the wall; due to thrift shop closures and lack of clothing, I deconstructed the drapes and chose to use the material more economically. These stretched clothing-map compositions eventually took the form of an expansive fabric installation, resulting in a 36' x 8' nautical map of Long Island Sound.
Through the acts of cutting, deconstructing, and reassembly, I am drawn to the physical and emotional fragmentation of space and resources. Although the final composition appears multilayered, it is composed of a pieced monolayer of fabric. Inspired by DADA, Abstract Expressionism, and EcoArt, the cycling of style opens dialogues around sustainable practices and human connectivity, exploring the dichotomies of consumption and sustainability, rigidity and flow, moderation, and excessiveness.
Contours and Rising Tides is the recipient of a 2020 Connecticut Sea Grant.
During the early months of the Covid pandemic, mandatory quarantines drastically altered life. Unable to travel to my studio in New Haven, I began making art out of discarded clothing and ephemera found in my home. In a small converted workroom, I assembled nautical maps out of discarded clothing and fiberglass screens. Initially, I draped and pinned fabric onto the wall; due to thrift shop closures and lack of clothing, I deconstructed the drapes and chose to use the material more economically. These stretched clothing-map compositions eventually took the form of an expansive fabric installation, resulting in a 36' x 8' nautical map of Long Island Sound.
Through the acts of cutting, deconstructing, and reassembly, I am drawn to the physical and emotional fragmentation of space and resources. Although the final composition appears multilayered, it is composed of a pieced monolayer of fabric. Inspired by DADA, Abstract Expressionism, and EcoArt, the cycling of style opens dialogues around sustainable practices and human connectivity, exploring the dichotomies of consumption and sustainability, rigidity and flow, moderation, and excessiveness.
Contours and Rising Tides is the recipient of a 2020 Connecticut Sea Grant.
Long Island Sound, Synthetic repurposed garments, fiberglass, 432" x 96"
Long Island Sound, Eastern, 168 x 66"
Long Island Sound, Central,
144 x 96"
Long Island Sound, Western,
72 x 60"
Long Island Sound, Eastern Narrows,
60 x 72"
12.27.20, 7" x 5" Muscle Ridge Channel
6.15.2020, 5.5 x 7.5" Essex
2.2.2021, 7.75" x 4.25"
5.28.2020, 7 x 5"
9.9.2020, 7.5 x 5” Long Island Sound
7.30.2020, 7.75 x 10" Gulf of Maine