Artist Statement
Wrack-line: A line of debris that is left on the shore by the receding tide.
My practice begins at the tideline, where I collect discarded material–some familiar, others strange and unplaceable–inviting us to look at the Earth with greater empathy.
As I collect, deconstruct, and weave these materials, my work explores how acts of transformation can mend our relationship to the environment and reframe what already exists. Each transformation becomes a small act of care that helps to quiet the anxiety of living in the Anthropocene.
Sustainability is embedded in both the materials I choose and the methods that I use. Walking the wrack-line becomes a visual journal, and weaving becomes my language. Each sculpture intertwines rope, fishing line, and other flotsam and jetsam into layered forms that hold traces of both beauty and consequence.