My artistic practice includes sculpture, installation and photography. I am attracted to nontraditional fiber-based media that historically has been utilized for industrial applications. I reassemble and reorganize layers of fabric into both wearable sculptural objects, as well as immersive, interactive environments. I employ photography in order to accompany my sculptures and as a means of “sketching” out ideas through regular wanderings with my camera.

After literally deconstructing my three-piece wedding suit, I now use the resulting pieces as templates in order to create meticulous replicas made from alternate media. Ranging from natural burlap and poly-tarp to quilted moving blankets and recycled trampoline fabric; I am interested in the way in which these nontraditional materials portray such a recognized convention. I am particularly engaged in raising questions of male identity politics and collapsing the distinction between traditional American male and traditional American female roles. The photographic situations I compose serve to augment the actual suits, as well as further subvert marriage conventions.

My installation-based projects are collaborations between natural and the industrial elements. I manipulate and assemble similar nontraditional fabrics into large-scale environments that completely encompass the viewer. Within these massive blankets of material are containers that hold and embrace natural elements, such as evergreen trees, soil and light. I design these environments so as viewers navigate the suspended natural/industrial entities they transform from passive observer into subtle participant. Ultimately, these constructed situations are intended as portraits of human communication and interaction where the viewer becomes aware of both their physical and conceptual involvement in the work.