Shoulder; 2016. 27 x 15 x 12 cm. recycled red velvet and stuffing, thread, watch face, wax, soot, glue, gold acrylic paint.

landscape in mid step.

the shoulder joint is formed where the humerus fits into the scapula.

a hard shoulder is the emergency stopping lane of a road or motorway.

to carry or accept that you are responsible for something bad or difficult...to shoulder.

the shape, form, material, landscape, terrain, overgrowth, erosion, etc., of concept and meaning.

Comfort; 2016. 42 x 30 x 14 cm. red velvet pants, thread, wax, glue, acrylic paint.

 From the rolling hills and just up over the horizon of shape and form

to The Underbelly of Comfort.

Pistachio Island; 2016. 15 x 9 x 4 cm. plastic candy box from Greece, recycled clothes, thread.

A figment, on a whim, contagious. 

A petri of embroidery 

All on a red velvet comfy couch.

Skeleton Cloud; 2016. 33 x 43 cm. from Grandmother's stash and other recycled clothes, remnants; yarn, crocheted and toasted; machine stitched and hand quilted.

...if a cloud had a skeleton

condensed into a dehydrated chip, a bouillon of concentrated light, color, and precepitation