
The daily devotional
The daily devotional is the latest installment of ongoing experimentations with fiber technique, language, and ritual. An assemblage of photographs and intimate sewn works, the installation explored text, forms constructed by language, and traditional fiber work. Initially began as a reaction to the unusual circumstances of the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, the project continues as a record and investigation of repetition and permutation. Using a $1.25 mass-market paperback version of Michael Crichtonʼs Andromeda Strain, I perform daily repetitive acts cutting, quilting, pleating, reassembling and photographing pages into small works. This site-specific installation in the Lawndale stairway invites a close examination of the results of that ritual, creating an experience of repetitive action similar to the process of making.
Lawndale Art Center
Houston, TX
November 21, 2024 - January 9, 2025
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Installation
Prie dieu; The discipline; Sewn papers.
2020-2025 -
The discipline
2024
Embroidery on velvet, waxed string.
24 in x 16 in x 16 in -
Prie dieu
2024
Crape myrtle, leather, velvet.
48 in x 48 in x 24 in -
Installation
Cotton thread on mass market paperback pages.
2020-2025 -
Pictured:
(left to right)
Threaded orb; Abbreviated; Maze 3; Ulcer whole.
2020-2025
Cotton thread on mass market paperback pages.
10 in x 10 in; 10 in x 8 in. -
Count your pages
2020
Sewn paper.
7 in x 4.5 in