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Selected Work

Informed by a study of textiles, I'm interested in quilt-like piecing that creates patterns, often repetitive and symbolic of deeper meaning. In this body of work, geometric shapes become the alphabet of my abstracted written language.

 A Sense of Place: Here Now (Overall View)
Installation of Handmade Paper
550"W x 96"H
1992
A Sense of Place: Here Now (View 2)
Installation of Handmade Paper
1992
A Sense of Place: Here Now (View 3)
Installation of Handmade Paper
1992
A Sense of Place: Here Now (View 4)
Installation of Handmade Paper
1992
Mapping All Time In A Second (Overall)
Handmade Flax Fiber Paper, Gouache, Gold Leaf
48"H x 42"W (center sheet), each single sheet 6" x 8"
1993
Mapping All Time In A Second
(View 2)
Handmade Flax Fiber Paper, Gouache, Gold Leaf
1993
Mapping All Time In A Second
(Sheet Close-up)
Handmade Flax Fiber Paper, Gouache, Gold Leaf
6" x 8" sheet
1993
Growth
Tea-stained Cotton Organdy, Dyed Cotton Thread, Direct Drawing Stitchery
22"H x 30"W
1992
Frozen Dance
Textile With Direct Drawing Stitchery
42"W x 34"H
1993
Lines of the Hand (Overall)
Cotton Organdy/Japanese Handmade Paper, Cotton Thread, Direct Drawing Stitchery
48"H x 2"W (each panel)
1994
Lines of the Hand (Close-up)
Cotton Organdy/Handmade Japanese Paper, Cotton Thread, Direct Drawing Stitchery
48"H x 2"W (each panel)
1994
Writing A Woman's Life (1 of 42)
French Linen, Dyed Cotton Thread, Direct Drawing Stitchery
8" x 11"
1997
Writing A Woman's Life (2 of 42)
French Linen, Dyed Cotton Thread, Direct Drawing Stitchery
8" x 11"
1997
Designs For Beauty and Knowledge (Overall)
Cloth, Handmade Paper, Gouache, Cotton Thread
10"H x 14"W (each book)
1998
Designs For Beauty and Knowledge (Detail)
Cloth, Handmade Paper, Gouache, Cotton Thread
10"H x 14"W (each book)
1998
Designs For Beauty and Knowledge (Close-up)
Cloth, Handmade Paper, Gouache, Cotton Thread
10"H x 14"W (each book)
1998
Gardens of No Mind, (View 1)
Cotton Organdy/Japanese Handmade Paper, Cotton Thread, Gouache
30"H x 24"W
2001
Gardens of No Mind (View 2)
Cotton Organdy/Handmade Japanese Paper, Cotton Thread, Gouache
30"H x 24"W
2001