Studio Progress

WORK PROJECT 1: fAUX KEEPSAKES

KEY IDEAS: Belonging through mimicry, Artifice, Seduction

Paper casting keepsake holders (trinket dishes & boxes). Each to hold a swatch of faux hair.

Paper casted with my adoption decree

WORK PROJECT 2: ABJECT ANTIQUE PAINTINGS

KEY IDEAS: Belonging through mimicry, Artifice, Seduction

Velvet paintings of my “critters”. Designed to appear vintage and present in history.

WORK PROJECT 3: ABJECT ANTIQUE TOYS

KEY IDEAS: Abjection, Feminine Performance, fawning as survival

Designing faux toy retro packaging for the below object. Custom copy on the box resembles editorial on Cabbage Patch Kids packaging.

Image to reference vintage toys in packaging

WORK PROJECT 3: FABRICATED HEIRLOOMS

KEY IDEAS: Essentialism, loss & Grief, Artifact

Using used makeup cloths, felted hair, finger nails, & deadskin, I am using embroidery to create faux heirlooms with decorative edges to resemble vintage handkerchiefs.

INSTALLATION EXPLORATION

Objects arranged on vintage shelving (wall hung or free standing shelving unit)