My work combines handmade fiber processes with ready-made hardware store materials. I rarely allow my weavings to remain flat textiles. Plush mohair forms work gloves that cannot withstand labor, a soft upholstered pegboard supports hard concrete pegs. The objects I make are flimsy, fragile, translucent. Seams unravel, warp threads are pulled apart: these objects can bear no weight but their own.

My practice negotiates between intention and accident, seriousness and frivolity, universal languages and secret symbols. I create objects that question the boundaries between decorative and functional, merging markers of utility with ornamental details. I am especially inspired by hardware stores and construction sites; spaces populated by aesthetic signifiers of functionality. The chemical neons, the synthetic materials and the toxic smells emanating from the wide array of paints and glues and finishes all promise a streamlined building experience. I remix elements of this hyperfunctional aesthetic, overlaying them with new associations. Blue filigree sweeps over acid green roof repair mesh. Safety orange signals everything and its opposite. The elements that once so obviously demonstrated purpose are frustratingly convoluted.