Big Things

The existential scenarios depicted in my absurd sculptures are melodramatic and psychological. Maybe these creatures cling to each other out of a desire to love or be loved, to dominate, or to comfort. The abject and funny relationships emerge also as metaphors for internal conflict and contradiction. My practice is interdisciplinary, and I enjoy moving between materials and processes. For these works, the scale of the fabric has been blown up along with the scale of the figures themselves. I hand weave materials as fast as I can to create inevitable errant lines, and other blemishes. Big metal sleeping-bag zippers that connect body parts remind of childhood camping trips and slumber parties. I hope these happy/sad manifestations appear both familiar and unknown; the everyday, made strange.