Statement

My work is centered around the home’s ability to exist outside of a linear timeline by holding disjointed emotions and memories in compressed space. Through fragments of personal family photos and domestic spaces, I call attention to the ways in which these interiors adapt to and resist tragedy. Jagged edges, crumpled paper, and frayed thread depict the struggle to exist in the present when desperate to remain in the past. My work consists of, is coated with, and is formed by paper, fabric, woven cloth, ceramic, and wood. Through the use of these domestic materials, I identify the home as a setting in which chronological time can be broken and death does not matter more than any other occurrence. This swirling depiction of time, memories and trauma acknowledges that an individual person, house, and family are a miniscule component of the infinite circle of human life and death.