My work can be categorized as installation, but it also involves painting and sculpture. People often tell me that they are reminded of stage sets. I am much more interested in making "places" than isolated objects. I prefer to work site-specifically, but most of my pieces can be easily modified to fit different situations.
I work primarily with cheesecloth that I coat with rabbit skin glue and pigment, (sometimes also acrylic). The resulting material can be quite translucent, so light is an important element. My most recent work is about looking through things- openings, fissures, layers of color. I have also begun to deliberately consider the effects of gravity and weight.
I began working with fabric initially because of the many associations it has. It protects, shelters, conceals, decorates, disguises, etc., and is associated with women and their work. (Femaleness with all of its purported attributes - nurturing, yes, but also restraining, entangling, perhaps even smothering.)
