about

I started sewing to express a vision at a young age; from reinventing my dad’s old Lee jeans to fit my fourteen-year-old frame, to painstakingly embroidering a friend’s perfectly worn Levi’s as a symbol of my love and gratitude for our friendship, to the nuanced exploration of color and composition that I practice today. My canvas, usually a heavily slubbed linen, is a playground for vibrant, hand-dyed colors carefully chosen to evoke a sense of depth and emotion. Pieces often speak to me as community of colors and shapes, sometimes standing side by side eagerly outward-facing, and sometimes as little communities privately interacting amongst themselves in total ignorance of the viewer. Sometimes the shapes and colors are cohorts in lively conversation with each other and other times they are silently acknowledging each other in passing, either alone or in organic groups. I love to shift between creating large and small art pieces and crafting one-of-a-kind garments depending on the way an idea is calling to be expressed.

At the heart of my process lies a commitment to slow, thoughtful craftsmanship – a deliberate, hands-on engagement that extends from the inception of an idea to the final stitch. Drafting my own clothing patterns allows me to invent original silhouettes and be completely free to construct each piece as its own original artistic composition.  Dyeing and sewing are my vehicles of expression to convey warmth, groundedness, and hopefully a little alchemical magic.

This work is an immersive journey and I hope that in turn these pieces offer a rich sensory and emotional experience for the viewer or wearer. Each piece is an individual narrative, a testament to the poetic dialogue between color, shape, and texture.