I read them in your voice.

December 2019

Heat pressed linen

6 ft. X 4 ft.

This work was created using hand drawn copies of letter written to me from my grandfather. The embellishments are copies of designs that make up the box the letters are kept in. The size and orientation of the work invites the viewer to become enveloped in the letters as I would feel as I read them.

Did you hang the painting I made you?

September 2019

Cotton Fabric and painted plastic sheeting.

6 in. x 7 in.

This work was made for The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Student Affairs office, and currently resides there.

To take you with me

December 2019

Heat pressed Handkerchiefs

5 in. x 5 in.

To take you with me was created with drawings of photographs me and my grandfather as well as copies of his handwritten letters to me. These prints were done on hankies, with the intent of them being used as functional objects for us to carry with each other.

Mended

August 2018

Baby blanket mended with ticking and thread

4 ft. x 2ft.

Mended was created taking my baby blanket and patching the holes with ticking fabric. One that was used around my home often as a child by my mother. I also created new top stitching patters in the shapes of flowers my mother loves as a way to continue holding the blanket together.