I combine reused objects with craft media to transform the waste of our culture into objects of strangeness and beauty. The sculptures, tapestries, and installations are about oneness, repairing the Earth, and the human condition.

I see the potential in almost everything that I’m about to throw in the trash, that litters the street, or lines the shelves of thrift stores. I have been collecting unwanted cast-offs from consumer culture for 40 years and transforming them into mutant forms that mimic the wonder, beauty and grotesque qualities of nature. I create sculptural narratives by wrapping, sewing and smashing together old toys, mangled cutlery, and bejeweled knick-knacks with wire, electrical cords and other binding materials. So many of the objects I use have stories to tell; bewildered eyes of broken figurines peer out from thick drips of paint and plastic game pieces stuck to branches emerge from a typography of beads, detailed patterns and graphite lines. These fantastical forms are metaphors for my overwhelming feelings about the climate crisis, politics and being human.