Statement

Artist Statement

My practice is an exercise in challenging my own narrow-mindedness.

I built up a misogyny in defense of my femininity for long enough to make an impact. The intellectual environments that proved the defense necessary eventually led me away from my 19th century religion and unfortunately from the hand-working and social brains of that lineage. 

It was only when I grew frustrated that fabric brought me back to some of the homemaking skills that show in how I make. The intellectual aspect still pins the work to reality and a degree of fact. I think in museums, dangling propositions, in committee. And I make at home, in batches, and make do. The craft in my sculpture, short performances, and works on paper makes room for people and ideas I otherwise shut out.