Nine Patch Series (2018)
This series of digital prints was an early exploration into the impossibly narrow standards of beauty and femininity in mainstream culture and media, and the societal expectations that aim to control women in public and private spaces. The process for creating these works began with capturing thousands of tightly-cropped selfies that were taken underneath crocheted blankets, which cast intricate patterns of light and shadow over me, simultaneously revealing and concealing my body. From a distance, the individual images may appear to be obscured landscapes, but when viewed more closely, the intimacy of the photos becomes apparent.
Each piece in this series represents a composition of hundreds of selfies, which are digitally assembled into traditional and non-traditional quilting patterns. The act of crocheting and quilting was once a family legacy, but dissipated from living memory after the deaths of my maternal ancestors. This series was a reflection of how I fit into my own family history, and grappled with the experience of being a woman in a culture that reduces womens' bodies and experiences to singular expectations centered around consumption.
Each piece in this series represents a composition of hundreds of selfies, which are digitally assembled into traditional and non-traditional quilting patterns. The act of crocheting and quilting was once a family legacy, but dissipated from living memory after the deaths of my maternal ancestors. This series was a reflection of how I fit into my own family history, and grappled with the experience of being a woman in a culture that reduces womens' bodies and experiences to singular expectations centered around consumption.
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Missing Pieces
2018 52"x52" Digital print on paper Missing Pieces was the final composition I created for this series. The empty sections of this piece allude to memories or stories which have been erased, censored, corrupted, or that are otherwise missing. Crochet was once a skill used by many of the women in my family, but the practice faded with time and I never had the chance to learn from them. The crocheted blankets used in this series were collected from family members as well as strangers whose mothers and grandmothers made and passed them down without the skills to recreate them. |
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