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

  • Installation at the Lawndale Art Center - the daily devotional.

    Installation

    Prie dieu; The discipline; Sewn papers.
    2020-2025

  • The discipline, Lawndale Art Center

    The discipline

    2024

    Embroidery on velvet, waxed string.
    24 in x 16 in x 16 in

  • The discipline hangs above Prie Dieu-Du Pray at the Lawndale Art Center.

    Prie dieu

    2024

    Crape myrtle, leather, velvet.
    48 in x 48 in x 24 in

  • The daily devotional, Lawndale Art Center.

    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