2024
During my second semester as an MFA candidate, I’ve begun to explore cut-outs and fiber, incorporating both into my work with dying and ballpoint pen.
Juglans nigra
2024 Ballpoint pen and ink made from black walnut bark on three panels of cardboard
36 x 55"
Fucus vesiculosus
2024
Ballpoint pen and homemade dye made of bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) seaweed on Arches watercolor paper 22 x 30 "
Liriodendron tulipifera II
2024
Ballpoint pen and dye made from persimmons, yellow poplar leaves, and poke berries on raw silk 28 x 33"
Symplocarpus foetidus
2024
Ballpoint pen, silk dyed with golden beets, muslin dyed with skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), cardboard dyed with pignut hickory bark dye 70 x 100 "
Oligocottus maculosus
2024
Ballpoint pen, embroidery thread, bleach on cotton backing and cotton twill 60 x 60"
Allium haematochiton 2024 Muslin hand dyed with wild red-skinned onion (Allium haematochiton), wool hand-dyed with golden beets, wild currants, red beets, loom weaving, hand stitching, plaster 32 x 12 x 62"
Corporis interitus 2024 Muslin dyed with hickory bark dye, cranberry dye, cabbage dye, and Oregon grape heartwood dye; cotton thread stitched on water-soluble stabilizer; needle felted wool; shibori boiled silk and rayon dyed with red beet dye, hickory bark dye, cranberry dye, green water-soluble ink; lace; plaster, rocks from shibori boiling 36 x 14 x 65"
Arabidopsis thaliana
2024
Ballpoint pen and homemade dye made from Arabidopsis on drawing paper
40 x 53”
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
2024
Ballpoint pen, dye made from bearberry leaves and ponderosa pine needles, hand-stitched thread on silk, translucent rayon 32 x 56"
Athyrium filix-femina
2024
Ballpoint pen and ecoprinted Lady Fern on muslin and linen hand quilted and stitched together with lace, cotton and sheer rayon
33 x 48”
Ericameria nauseosa.
2024
Cotton fabric; sheer polyester blend fabric; polyester stuffing; fabric stiffener; metal wire; wax; wool yarn; synthetic yarn; cotton thread; embroidery thread; needle-felted wool; homemade hickory bark ink; homemade black walnut ink; homemade beet ink; cotton yarn hand-dyed with homemade dye made from Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
56 x 51 x 20”
Lupinus littoralis
2024
Ballpoint pen; silk dyed with homemade dye made from seashore lupine; cotton dyed with homemade dye made from feather boa seaweed with layers of cutout, loom weavings, smocking, and translucent rayon
42 x 74”
Sassafras albidum
2024
Ballpoint pen, dye made from sassafras, sumac, and bearded iris on silk
24 x 55”
Corallina vancouveriensis
2024
Ballpoint pen, dye made from graceful coral seaweed (Corallina vancouveriensis) on Arches watercolor paper 24 x 32”
Ribes americanum
2024
Ballpoint pen and dye made from wild currants on silk
28 x 52”
Egregia menziesii
2024
Ballpoint pen on cotton dyed with homemade dye made from feather boa seaweed 20 x 70"