Each piece begins with a length of copper wire. Copper is as soft and pliable as it is strong and solid. I respond to the material’s natural tendencies while weaving it into an organic, dimensional shape. When the structure has been developed, I add layer upon layer of cotton, silk, wool, hemp, secondhand yarn, and repurposed fabric. The act of weaving is slow and meditative, I think about tension, connection, time, and accumulation.
When the density of fiber has built up enough to create cloth, I fill the sculpture with yarn and fabric scraps. The sculpture becomes a vessel. These pieces are part of an ongoing exploration of place. They reference rocks – constant and stationary in our landscape, but also clouds, an intangible and temporary part of our world.
