Undoings, dimensions vary, natural and synthetic materials, digital prints, 2022. 54 h x 42 w d 14 inches, This anthropomorphic form made from repurposed assemblage and photographs I took of the body and nature aims to communicate an offering to the viewer of the entanglement between the body and a bodily consciousness of the environment.
Bathtub Grotto, 2021, 4 ft x 3.5 ft x 3 ft, Repurposed bathtub, wattle and daub, clay, sand, stone, shells, branches, moss, glass, lace, twine, ceramic, glaze, Description: The sculpture investigates the history of grotto sanctuaries, folk Catholic yard structures in the United States juxtaposed with elements of off-grid earth-based design to examine reciprocity .
Bathtub Grotto detail.
"Bathtub Grotto" after 1 year outdoors, 2022, Unison Arts Center.
"Bathtub Grotto" Installation at Owning Earth in the Fall 2022, 1.5 years into exhibition. Photo credit: Lindsay Skedgell.
Offering, stoneware ceramic, dimensions vary, 2021
Offering, 2023, stoneware ceramic, 24 x 4 x 4 in, 2021
Offering, stoneware ceramic, dimensions vary, 2021
Dream Alliance, 2021, Collaboration with Christopher Santiago and Cawly Snausages, 113" x 58" x 28" each, chicken wire, paper mache, fabric, acrylic, cardboad, branches, velcro
Capitalist Vampire Bat Exterminator, 2020, chicken wire, wood, hand-sewn fabric, acrylic, buttons, 33” h x 95” w x 40” d, created for The Wassaic Project Haunted Parade in collaboration with Christopher Santiago.
Capitalist Vampire Bat Exterminator, detail.
Unroot, 2020, acrylic, paper mâché and wire, 60 “ h x 24” w x 18“ d, available.
Hibernacula detail.
Hibernacula, 2017, hand-sewn canvas, fabric, acrylic, collage, 156 x 133 x 1 inches, not available.
Hibernacula, detail, back.
Labyrinth Talpidae, Eco Practicum Residency, solstice video above, collaboration with Jan Rogalski, 2017-permanent installation, 25 ft diameter, stones, wood, available to wander in the woods of Liberty, NY.
Molars are Made for Grinding, 2016, plastic bottles, duct tape, acrylic, iron rod, rocks, 66 x 84 x 4 inches, not available.
The Lady, 2011, wood, wire, string, branches, post consumer materials, acrylic paint, electric lights, 75"h 90"w 44"d, not available.
The Garden, 2011, wood, wire, string, branches, post consumer materials, acrylic paint, electric lights, 72"h 36"w 40"d, not available.
Orbit, 2011, post consumer materials, wire, 24"h x 19"w x 14"d, sold.
Grandma Moon Crone, 2016, mixed media, dimensions vary.
Scarecrow: Protector for and against the In-between, the Unseen, clothing, found objects, acrylic, wood, plaster, 71" h x 36" w x 13" d, 2017, not available.
Harvest Moon Welcomer, 2016, mixed media.
A note on Labyrinths: In summer 2016, I collaborated with Jan Rogalski in building a 25-foot-diameter stone labyrinth during a residency at Eco Practicum in the Catskills. Different from a maze, which is meant to trick those who walk through it, a labyrinth is a winding path that functions to slow down the mind, rooting our awareness in the steps we take. A labyrinth is a spiraling passage that sends walkers into its center and then out on the same winding path. Just as permaculture—an agricultural design principle of sustainable growth—uses “companion planting” to optimize beneficiary living relationships, we intended our spiraling path to help people feel grounded. We felt that the labyrinth design would aide the relationship of human to earth.