Embroidery Based Work 2014 and Prior

A lot of this older work pulled from my own experiences living in a Jesuit mission (Red Cloud Indian School) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and my time spent with practitioners of both Yoruba and Santeria in Cleveland, Ohio. Part of this older work was called ‘Imposed Saints Series.’ I observed the use of Catholic saints within both Christian and non-Christian based cultures, and started to see this second relationship in terms of how aspects of Catholicism can become imposed upon another culture or religion.

Seemingly unrelated, other works in this grouping pulled from exploring links between anatomy, cultural and family identity, and family history and genealogy. The works used hand-dyed indigo fabrics, hand woven fabrics, vintage textiles, stamps, beads, glass, found photography, and buttons.