Every unit depends on every other unit. I have so much to say and an inadequate relationship with language. My work is an outlet for me to ask questions or hold ideas that I have no other place for.
The repeated circular units and repetitive processes that I build with are symbols of these repeated thoughts and unanswered questions. Eventually, these units come together to create other forms, define interior and exterior spaces, or create patterns and imagery. Adapted and adopted from other historical craft disciplines, the techniques of linking and looping or weaving units together are physical reminders of the power of many and the agency of one. Even with thousands of units, one broken link or one frayed thread reshapes the whole.
Unlike the mantras or the slogans we shout and post to align ourselves with social groups or ideologies, the questions that consume me are full of contradictions and confusion. They are powerful, present, quiet, persistent. In a Whisper, With a Word brings together works that embody seemingly dichotomous physical and emotional truths — that we can be both strong and fragile, simple and complicated, long-lasting and fleeting, vague and specific, concise and discursive.