Window Dressing

28 September 2010

Rose Tile Bathroom Window

I’ve been a long admirer of the inside of beautiful homes and love gazing at Gennine’s posts of her home as well as Design*Sponge’s Sneak Peaks. I put this up several weeks ago after being inspired by a small corner store near Edo Salon where I got to see Ehren Reed’s fabulous artwork.

I do believe everything is connected and yet I forget and then I remember. I’m busy and I have work to do and I feel like I need to get the work done… but then I’m inspired and distracted. This installation is one of those things I did when I was inspired and it really has helped take my artwork into new directions as well as make me happy. I’m working on an another site-specific installation for our other bathroom. Glad my dad suggested we get two!

I’ve been listening to lots of podcasts lately and Craft Sanity is one of my favorites. Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood really does an incredible job of interviewing and definitely enjoys it. Two of my favorites are Wendy from Built by Wendy and the Beerhorst Family. These two made me cry… in a good way.

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  • Artist statement

    I’m hungry to learn and it’s through my process of creating that I’m ultimately satisfied. I’m curious about different materials and take on the challenge to incorporate what I’m most drawn to into my work. I’m intrigued to discover the resulting patterns and repetition. As I create, I explore my inner landscape. I’m attempting to uncover a stifled sound. It’s my challenge to express this internal voice through my art and ultimately, boldly, out loud.

    My quest to connect my voice with my work has led me to reexamine my personal history. The threads in my bookbinding and in my collage are entwined in my familial roots. Growing up, I remember a quilt frame my dad made, taking up our entire living room. His grandmother taught him to quilt using scraps of clothing. Years later, I began a quilt when a friend was teaching a class on patchwork. To my surprise, cutting up fabric and piecing it back together reminded me of my work with paper collage.

    As a child I would sew with my mom and what I most remember is the guilt I’d feel as I jammed up her machine. Now, when the threads and material bunch up they become useful fodder for my work. In some ways the threads act as a binding element, as in my books, and in other ways they are a reflection of my internal processes.