Wearable Sculpture • Narrative Textiles • Interactive Installations • Whimsical Creatures

Concocting work that interacts with the body, I corral many media. Physically bending to the material’s imprint while impacting it with my intent, I become their expressive vehicle. As a disabled cyborg, my movement is adaptive, mechanical, and intuitive. Sewing machines extend my body and allow me, through a complicated dance of foot pedals, to pierce and sew.

Merging separate materials becomes a site of energy transference—the joinery—the activated point where one medium thrusts into another. These connections are not hidden. They’re where the work gets built: layered, stitched, and held in tension.

I work in sculptural textiles through layered processes and many moving parts. Encrusted objects, sewn forms, machine fragments, and salvaged materials are manipulated into sensory devices. These machines make the invisible felt. They are systems of interaction—proxies for memory, for pain, for curiosity. They invite visceral engagement with the senses and the body—fragmented, extended, and responsive.