Cape: The Good News was created from the NY TIMES bags, transforming their functionality from garbage into a precious, handmade object. The knitting process serves to convert the humble blue bag from nearly invisible detritus, into an object that evokes royalty and status.
Feminine Mult-Purpose Liturgical Garment 25" x 45" is also made of knit plastic. It references both a wedding dress and the stole of an ordained minister, while its scratchy, burnt texture makes it a hairshirt.
When Did I Become Invisible? and, Where Did I Become Invisible? As we age, our bodies become more and more invisible, fading into the background. White on white, blending into the wall, so do these dresses. asking, when. . .? where . . .? how. . . ? why . .
The Dress Series evokes the doll clothes and paper dolls of childhood. The departure comes in the materials chosen: woven plastic discards that have been burnt and manipulated. Pins pierce the waist. Some are wrapped. It is an embattled femininity.
Eve Dreaming reverses the Genesis story.