2024

16" x 12"

Free-hand machine embroidery on tulle fabric, hand embroidery on silk organza, seed beads, and rare earth magnets.

Purple Hydrangeas are often given as a gift symbolizing a deep understanding of someone. I have made the bloom of this piece removable from its base and turn into a wearable, so these feelings can be carried with you.

Loose Ties

2023

12" x 36"

Free-hand machine embroidery on tulle fabric, hand embroidery on silk organza, powdercoated steel, red seed beads, and rare earth magnets. 

*This beaded thread can be removed from the hands and carried with the viewer in the form of a necklace.

2020

7' x 6'

Free-hand machine embroidery on tulle fabric 

The past few years have been laden with loss. In my grief, it felt that if  I closed my eyes, I could reach out and touch what I was seeking; to make the immaterial tangible. Then reality takes hold, making it clear that no amount of willpower can bring back what time took.

(Photography by Kimber Harris-Wiegand)