#urCOLOR: resilience

Not your grandmother’s needlework.

Imagine a newly paved parking lot. A crack forms. A dandelion seed takes root, eventually growing into a bright yellow orb amidst the blackness. This dandelion symbolizes nature’s resilience.

This art pays tribute to that dandelion and to you. It serves as a reminder to you of your inner strength and resilience. You matter and can endure challenges like a global pandemic, personal losses, and oppressive systems.

Like the dandelion, rise and shine brightly. Remember your power and resilience.

The piece has two sides: the “outside” with a cross-stitch pattern represents what the world sees, while the “inside” symbolizes the unseen, deeper connections within. Made with craft store yarn on construction netting. EVERY STITCH WAS DONE BY THE ARTIST.

72 feet x 15 feet. 2024, craft yarn on debris netting.

below: installed at the deVos Convention Center in Grand Rapids, MI for ART PRIZE 2024.

#urCOLOR: goddess (of beer)

Imposing, divine, celebratory

Created to be shown at a beer festival, GODDESS (of beer) was hung from the ceiling in a warehouse where hundreds of people came to drink beer. The space turned orange, changing the space so that people were surrounded by the orange color as well as drinking it. The piece ballooned down by gravity in the center, much like skin. Because of its transperncy, it changed the light in the room yet was not imposing. It symbolizes celebration, echoing the powerful spirit of a goddess. It also is a metaphor of the screens we view others through and what separates us.

80 feet x 15 feet. 2019, craft yarn on debris netting.