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A sweet commission / art trade for Lydia + Marissa, celebrating a year of their love — and many many more to come 💙 we all met at @vermontstudiocenter last year and I got to witness some early stages, heeheeee. This was sweet to make and bask
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of guiding a hands-on professional development workshop for art teachers in Vancouver. I love and deeply respect the work of art educators, and feel so lucky to have had the oppourtunity to share my practice and a
Two screenshots from ~Home is a Ghost~. This is my first short film, which I completed in the fall. I'm not putting the full film on the internet yetttt, but if you're curious to check it out -- it's currently on view at @bobs_gallery1r in Brooklyn f
☀️☁️🌕 // close ups of costume in last post, and some lil earrings, in process. Slow, care-filled craft forever. Remembering ~the sun is always above the clouds~ . . . . . . . #textiles #textile #fiberart #fiberartist #slowcraft #craft
~New Year! New City! New Blog!~~ Hiii friends! It’s been awhile. Big news: I moved to New Orleans!!! Eeeep. After being based in NYC for 11 years (and I’ll still be back + forth! Please keep telling me about your projects and collaborat
Hey y'all! Cringe-ing as I post this because *I haaaate* videos of myself. But, as part of the Emerging Artists Cohort with the American Craft Council, I created a ~Studio Tour~. I found this process pretty arduous, particularly as I haven't had stab
Wild to think that a year ago, I was creating this massive collaborative cuddle monster with 520+ elementary students. Each student created a little fiber square with an image they’d want to share with someone seeking comfort and care. Such a t
Hi dears! I’ll be making one more round of these tender Goopey Hearts- a little extra love for the holiday season. Give a loved one the gift of your goopey heart 😉❤️ DM if you’re interested! Each goopey heart is one of a kind, made to or
❤️GOOPEY HEART! ❤️ For sale! Made to order, one-of-a-kind, sliding scale $75-125 USD. See story highlights/ below for more details. ~~~(Repeating my last post; I feel icky posting on IG, but a final call~ Big THANK YOU to everyone that has ordered;
❤️GOOPEY HEART! ❤️ For sale! Made to order, one-of-a-kind, sliding scale $75-125 USD. See stories for more info or read details below. ~~~ Hi dears! I very rarely sell work, but selling these ~tender, goopey hearts~. ❤️A possible gift for you or
~Flailing Human making a flailing human~ 👀👅 // Swipe to see some of the process; full final sculpture in previous posts! I was sooo intimated by the iron studio (it’s loud and scary!!!) and started by making a janky ass cardboard prototype, f
"Flailing Human" - details!~ One of my favourite parts of any process is adding all the little details! When it all comes to liiiiife! Lately, I've been leaning into messy, imperfect, scrappy hand-stitches. As we enter this time of AI (!?!
Weee! Super grateful to be part of the American Craft Council's Emerging Artist Cohort! This is the first year I've been really intentional about diving into my own personal practice, and this oppourtunity is a huge honour and truly means the world t
Hiii internet! Currently on a bus to upstate New York, where I’ll be an artist in residence at @krumvilleschoolhouse for the month of June! I’ll also be taking an IG break this month, soooo some announcements… 1) Made some costum
Waaalppppp yallllll, my heart 🫀🫠Without a doubt, the most I’ve ever felt like I’ve “made it” as an artist is finding out that young people are studying my work!!! Whaaaaat! Truly the most amazing and affirmative thing I can
Hiii! Here's my face and a little gentle reminder that I'm making a Heartbreak Zine and would love your goopey thoughts and feels in it! Anything goes! Feel your feels and do your thing -- full creative expression! Or keep it simple! It's very open!
Call for Submissions: 💔 HEARTBREAK ZINE 💔 Due Friday, May 5th! Link in bio! Keeping it really open-ended, so anything goes under the theme of ~heartbreak~. Please share with the goopey hearts in your life!~~~ I had the idea to make some sort of ~H