Upstairs and to the Right

Embroidery on C-print

18″ x 24″ (framed)

2011

not yet titled

Embroidery on silver gelatin print

11″ x 14″ (framed)

2011

not yet titled (detail)

Embroidery on silver gelatin print

2011

Santa Cruz, August 1999

Embroidery on silver gelatin print

16″ x 20″ (framed)

2011

Waiting

Embroidery on C-print

18″ x 24″ (framed)

2011

I Can’t Stop Thinking About It

Yarn, plastic bags, VHS tape, hemp cord, raffia, and curtain rod

92″ x 84″

2011

All of us have secrets that we carry with us—sometimes keeping them throughout our entire lives—and often our secrets are uncomfortable or embarrassing.  I believe that one way we unconsciously alleviate this discomfort is by keeping around us objects that in some way symbolize or counteract our secrets.

The works in this series transforms people’s secrets into objects that simultaneously reveal and conceal—externalizing difficult psychological realities while still preserving a layer of privacy.

The secrets are embodied by means of a visual code.  Each hand-knitted stripe corresponds to a letter of the alphabet. The secret the stripes spell out can be read from left to right.

I Don’t Love You

Yarn, wire, cassette tape, river rocks, and curtain rod

2011

All of us have secrets that we carry with us—sometimes keeping them throughout our entire lives—and often our secrets are uncomfortable or embarrassing.  I believe that one way we unconsciously alleviate this discomfort is by keeping around us objects that in some way symbolize or counteract our secrets.

The works in this series transforms people’s secrets into objects that simultaneously reveal and conceal—externalizing difficult psychological realities while still preserving a layer of privacy.

The secrets are embodied by means of a visual code.  Each hand-knitted stripe corresponds to a letter of the alphabet. The secret the stripes spell out can be read from left to right.

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Thread, fabric, and computer discs

Dimensions variable

2011

Each of the eight components in this piece has its own title:

“01000011 01101111 01100110 01100110 01100101 01100101 (Coffee)”
“01001111 01101100 01101001 01110110 01100101 (Olive)”
“01001100 01101001 01101110 01110011 01100101 01100101 01100100 (Linseed)”
“01001100 01100001 01110110 01100101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 (Lavender)”
“01000001 01110000 01110000 01101100 01100101 (Apple)”
“01010000 01101111 01110000 01110000 01111001 (Poppy)”
“01010011 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100001 01101100 01110111 01101111 01101111 01100100 (Sandalwood)”
“01000101 01110101 01100011 01100001 01101100 01111001 01110000 01110100 01110101 01110011 (Eucalyptus)”

01000011 01101111 01100110 01100110 01100101 01100101 (Coffee)

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Thread, fabric, and computer disc

2011

01001100 01101001 01101110 01110011 01100101 01100101 01100100 (Linseed)

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Thread, fabric, and computer disc

2011