Then & Now

Silk, cotton, cotton batting, metal, thread

Appliqué, machine sewing

24" diameter

The eyes of 66 women in my life who have helped shape who I am today.

Mother, Sister, friends, Aunts, Cousins, Co-workers...

Each embroidered hoop represents a different aspect of myself capturing the people and environment outside of me, the aspects of myself that I am proud of and those that need improvement.

A dress of Birch bark, representing the tree I used to climb as a child to sit and read books in the peace of the forest. 

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Re-using textile remnants from previous projects

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Clouds to me were, and still are, magical formations in the sky that can spark imagination and dreaming. 

That was then… Now we have data 'clouds'…