Wearable art

Wake Up Call

Inspired by a tapestry on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, this piece was designed as an environmental wake up call. Made from rope, twine, burlap, and water-colored book pages. 

Scholastic Art Awards, Regional Gold Key, National Silver Medal Portfolio | VMFA “Fire & Ice” Runway Show, Sustainability Award

VIVA LA VANITY

Inspired by the audacious silliness of cheap, grocery-store romance novels, this piece was made from book pages, speaker wire, and mirrors. 

Scholastic Art Awards, Regional Gold Key, National Silver Medal Portfolio

BLUE RIDGE DREAMING

Inspired by Australian Aboriginal art and my home in the Blue Ridge mountains, this piece is made from painted beans and muslin. 

Scholastic Art Awards, Regional Gold Key, National Silver Medal Portfolio

HAUTE AND COLD

Made from electrical tape, event programs, and video tape.

Scholastic Art Awards, Regional Gold Key

ODE TO PSYCHE

Made from seed pods, hazelnut shells, brown paper, and hand-woven dream catchers. 

Scholastic Art Awards, Regional Gold Key, National Silver Medal Portfolio

FALL FROM GRACE

Made from dried acrylic paint skins, this piece explores the nature of decay through the juxtaposition of organic forms and a synthetic material. 

LIFE & DEATH

Inspired by Gustav Klimt’s painting Death and Life, this piece is made from candy wrappers, parchment paper, and emergency blankets.

Scholastic Art Awards, Regional Silver Key

LUNA

Made from muslin, recycled paper, tulle, rope, chains, and twigs.

Concentric color

Inspired by Kandinsky’s “Color Study: Squares with Concentric Circles.” Made from cellophane, straws, and duct tape.

Scholastic Art Awards, Regional Silver Key