Portfolio > Other People's Children

Crib of Thornes
Cast Bronze, Cast Glass
14”x8”x11”
2020
Crib of Thornes Close Up
Cast Glass, Cast Bronze
14”x8”x11”
2020
Crib of Thornes top view
Cast Bronze, Cast Glass
14”x8”x11”
2020
ICE Policy Playpen
Cast Bronze, Cast Glass, Antique Toy Playpen, Wire
2020
ICE Policy Playpen
Cast Bronze, Cast Glass, Antique Toy Playpen, Wire
2020
Hamsa Comforter
Cast Bronze, Cast Glass, Sterling Silver Wire, Acorns, Milagro
8”x13”x11
2020
Hamsa Comforter Top View
Cast Bronze, Cast Glass, Sterling Silver Wire, Acorns, Milagro
8”x13”x11”
2020
MaMa's Milagro Apron Close Up
Copper Wire, Wire, Milagros
24"x 1 1/2" x 21" (apron stings 72")
2020
Buddha Helmet
Cast Bronze
2020
GOP Morality
Cast Bronze
2020
Framed
Cast Aluminum, Wire
2021
HighChair
Cast Bronze, Cast glass
2020

Trained as a graphic designer and illustrator, I used my artistic skills to represent the voices of others for over 20 years. For the past dozen years, I’ve made Figureless Garments expressing female roles and Domestic Feminism, with an emphasis on the experience of being a woman and a mother. I am fascinated by the essence of the Human presence that is left behind in inanimate objects, a worn slipper, a dress, a chair, a bed.
In my current evocative work I investigate how society values or devalues people they see as “other”. I tell the story of the powerless, vulnerable, and marginalized. I ask the viewer to examine their humanity through shared common items, memories, and personal experiences. I explore social isolation and suffering suggested by a head-print left behind in a pillow, the empty space under an abandoned baby blanket, a crib made of thorny branches, a play-pen lined with barbed wire.

Sticks, acorns, and Milagros weave metaphor into the sculptures bringing their own narrative to the piece, while paying homage to their previous incarnation. As well, these items represent the resourcefulness of refugees and the poor who often must build something out of nothing.