I’m interested in exploring the boundaries of culture and nature. I’m curious about how we behave collectively, the issues we choose to address and the ones we don’t.
My early work focuses on our culturally defined concepts of beauty and the pressure to conform to them. I think of Chinese foot binding and wonder about the aesthetic and societal expectations that prompted that long-standing practice.
Recently, I have become interested in our relationship to the natural world. I think about loss of species – a product of natural selection or adverse human behavior? I don’t have answers, just the desire to find a way to visually speak about these questions.
My work is conceptually based; my materials and techniques are integral to, and representative of, my subject matter. I use clay and glass to make small fragile objects, organic materials such as branches to speak of the natural world. I make books to tell stories and I alter found objects to make new visual comments. When possible, I combine many of these elements into an installation, often including the work of other artists who share my interests.
