Costumes and Fabric Arts
I work with clay, wire, dried and silk flowers, zip ties and thread to make masks, costume pieces and thread paintings. Mostly, I love trashion and playing around with lots of different materials. My studio is full of small doodads and bits of plastic because you never know when you’ll need a backpack for a robot.
See the Video/Audio/Media page for some footage of costumes in action.
The Apocrypha of Hildegard of Bingen: costume, Perf by Method Contemporary Dance Society 2023
Apocrypha of Hildegard of Bingen: principal dancer costume
Apocrypha of Hildegard of Bingen: principal dancer costume
1920s Wonder Woman-themed costumes; designed and executed with Cori Ramsay
1920s Wonder Woman-themed costumes; designed and executed with Cori Ramsay
Chameleon: mask, paperclay and mixed media
Koi mask: paperclay and mixed media
Birthday Trashion: designed and executed with Cori Ramsay, Two Rivers Gallery Trashion Show
Bird Skull mask: paper clay and feathers
Horned Forest Beast mask: paperclay, paper, mixed botanticals
Cardinal head piece: wire and feathers
Faun filigree horns and silk leaf head piece
Forest Beast mask without additional botanicals
Faun horns: paper
Seasons covid mask: thread painting
Irises covid mask: thread painting
Floral covid mask: thread painting
Mountains covid mask: thread painting
Thread painted pantleg