Crust
Glass, Cast Iron, Wood, Cotton, Paper, Wax, Silicone, Salt, Hair, Dust
2017
2018: Crust / Slough with Kimberly McKinnis
2018: Crust [Cake]
2019: Crust [Sweets Station]
Classic designs find themselves encrusted with a layer of glass shed off the end of a blowpipe. The once clear glass now appears a dirty shade of white from quenching, pipe scale and soot. This slightly scuzzy, hairy crust appears almost decadent from a distance, as though the fixtures have been gilded, but has a slightly grimier reality upon observation.
Apprehension Amassed
Nylon, Glass
2016
Apprehension Amassed is an installation that explores a waning mental state during a time of obsessive toil and thought. This installation included 3 screens: one rapidly and repeatedly making glass marbles, one showing a hand throwing marbles into a seemingly fragile nylon sac, and one with that nylon sac looming above a nervous figure as it slowly fills and stretches. The videos are all obscured by the physical object (filled nylon sac) exhaustedly hung in the space.
[Self]
Petroleum Jelly, Foundation, Lipstick, Mascara, Found Windows
2016 - ongoing
An ongoing exploration of creating self-portraiture from the materials I wear daily. Site-specific.
Ambivalent Progression / One Foot In
Case Concrete, Leather
2016
Trapped in an anxious, heavy mindspace, Ambivalent Progression / One Foot In existed as an arduous walking performance that ultimately led to the removal of these heavy sandals in exchange for my normal shoes; acknowledging that it was an active decision to put them on or take them off.
Intimate Boundaries
Blown Glass
2016
Intimate Boundaries explores the dichotomy between physical proximity and an emotional inability to connect with others fully. While performing the familiar ritual of sharing a meal, noses touch as two people sip a beverage together. Knees interlocked, movements start to mirror each other, but the act of sharing is merely an act. The blown vessels are bisected with a glass membrane, deliberately separate.
A Fine Distinction
Video
2016
Blown Glass clicks and clanks and breaks at the end of long stranfs of monofilament, each one tied to a finger. I am a puppeteer of fragility.
This Glass Skin
Kiln Cast Glass Cane
2015
The human body is armored with a delicate yet resilient shield of skin. It relates to glass in its duality of both fragility and strength. This glass Skin gives thousands of tiny glass lenses to zoom in closer to the hairs and pores of our vast landscape. With coverage, these clusters of glass pox create an entirely new shield.
Hand Wash, Hang Dry
Cast Porcelain
2015
Delicately hung "to dry", the porcelain articles of Hand Wash / Hang Dry lives as a memorial for clothing that account for a time, place, or relationship. The gifted sweater from a loved one I never wore, but could not seem to part with; the misplaced scarf of an old friend. This new wardrobe lives in limbo between what I have moved past and what I cling to.
Wish You Were Here
Eyelashes from my family: David, Gail, Elizabeth, Jennifer, and Suzanne, Blown Glaass, Saved Voicemails
2015
Wish You Were Here
Eyelashes from my family: David, Gail, Elizabeth, Jennifer, and Suzanne, Blown Glaass, Saved Voicemails
2015
Each necklace contains an eyelash, one from each of my family members, as well as one of my own; my way of giving permanence to an ephemeral piece of each of my loved ones. Wish You Were Here consists of both a tangible and intangible version of my family. It is in these little moments of comfort that I aim to capture the feeling of irrevocable love.
A Fragile Luxury
Hand-Pulled Glass Stringers, Blown Glass, Cubic Zirconia, Plastic, Video
2014
A Fragile Luxury dissects the pieces we pass down over generations. This disposable version of an heirloom will shatter and disintegrate when worn. Making even more precious the time spent with it clasp around shivering shoulders.
The Weight of Overindulgence
Glass, Nickel, Video
2014
With half her weight strung in glass baubles, "The Weight of Overindulgence" looks to reveal the physicality of the seemingly fragile medium of glass; while revealing the emotional and societal weight of excess.
