“small journey, slow life” is a project that comes from a lifelong fascination with the dialogue between my subconscious and conscious mind. In this installation at Applied Contemporary Craft Gallery in Oakland, CA, I weave a map of fragments from my dreams and meditative visions and invite viewers into the ritualistic, detective like process that I go through as I create sense of these imagination fragments, which function as talismans and guideposts in my waking life. I integrate tapestry, assemblage, prints and soundscape in an interconnected sculptural web of blues and purples, polygons, shimmer, and waves to point to the ecological relationship between the content of dreams and visions and the slow unfolding of conscious life.
The Family Network, 2022, 7 month gestation, acrylic yarns, thrifted yarns, metallic pipe cleaners, and Jewish enmeshment, dimensions variable
Blue Permeations, 2022, Acrylic novelty yarn, wool roving, thrifted mystery yarns, copper wire, and a pine branch from Smartsville
Augustine Dream, 2022, A long journey over dried rolling hill through a herd of of white cows to the compound of a demanding healer and into a vortex of my 15th century self, interpreted with Alpaca wool, thrifted yarns, acrylic yarn, ribbon, brass wire, and an amethyst.
Mishpacha (Yiddish, family), 2021 Cancelled plans, the birth of a new life, thrifted yarns, copper wire, found objects from relatives, washed up Patrick's Point sea lion bone, and the unseen support of ancestors
The Didactic Tale of Rose Quartz and the Shadows, 2021, the sounds of "My Seditious Heart," thrifted yarns, alpaca wool, ribbon, plastic fox toys, hot glue, broken glass, acrylic paint, and the lessons of nightmares
Fox Leash, 2022, the light scraping of fox teeth on my forearms, steel wire, paracord, and koshi chime (water), dimensions variable
Intergalactic Diamondback, 2022 Wool roving, acrylic yarns, hand cut watercolor, copper LED lights, camping lantern, steel wire and spray paint, and eucalyptus branch found in Richmond, CA
small journey, slow life, 2022, thrifted yarns, soundscape, digital self-portraits, and painted wood frame
Dream Tree, 2021, Alpaca wool, thrifted yarns, found pine branches from Smartsville, 9 full moon dreams
The Shadows, 2021, 6 monoprints, thrifted yarn, eucalyptus branch found in Richmond, CA, and wild cucumbers found in Topanga, CA