I choose fiber to reference a way of knowing, a comfort connected to my familiarity with cloth and the lasting impression cloth has had in my life. Sari silk speaks to the array of unashamed vibrancy of the saris worn by the women in my life and the epigenetic weight this fiber carries. My work is rooted in identity and includes four overarching frameworks: weight, waveform, sound, and grid. Using these enables me to reflect on the properties of the physical world, our perception of it, the effects of the fields of energy within and around us, and our connections to each other and nature.
Weight references the law of gravity, understanding that every particle in the universe is governed by it, it has deterministic qualities. Emotional weight is generational, where trauma has carryover, it encompasses related restrictions, and the desire to release this. Waveform reflects the reverberation of energy and warping of space with interactions of all forms of energy that take up space. Its effects are uncertain and there are all potentialities within it. Sound is a waveform, it mimics the vibratory nature of reality and can help to find one's original pulse and connect back to nature. The grid has always been a means to provide order, it is a universal structure, where everything is interrelated and housed. I am interested in the interconnected compartments, the space we occupy, and the spaces between.
I create nets, installations, fiber paintings, sculptures, embroidering space, and interconnecting fragments by pinning, draping, cording, or wrapping these together. This process mirrors my constructed identity and extends to the larger context, visually intuiting the interconnectedness and power dynamics of social, political, and ecological relationships.