Portfolios
Kriah Studies, 2024
I went through a long grieving period from 2021-2024, which included personal and communal losses including the horrific genocide of Palestinians. I am forever grateful for the many communal grief spaces generously hosted by anti-zionist Jews in this time through which I reconnected to the ancient grief technology, Kriah, which is the ritual rending of garments in a moment of tremendous grief following a death. I made these very simple prints from some of the torn fabric and found the resulting images really moving. The interactions between the positive and negative space, the individual threads to fabric, and movement with frozenness all feel relatable to grief.
Lost and Found 2011-2020
While my life was pretty devoid of intentional “art” making for these years, I am unearthing some interesting remnants of my creativity during this period. Looking back on these lost and found works, I recognize that art making is part of my emotional language. Even when I am not intending to make art, I tend to create as a response to what is happening in my life. I learned hide tanning and taxidermy while working in farming for a year in Washington so some of the objects are strange creatures. I always loved stuffed animals as a kid, they were the best friends, and so I guess it isn’t surprising that I took to making friends this way while farming.
Prints 2004-2010
I studied printmaking at Smith College from 2004-2008 and worked at printshops in Massachusetts and New York City from 2008-2010. The following portfolio will contain selections from this period, though at the moment some of the images are inaccessible due to technological obsolescence so stay tuned. At this time in my life I was actively engaging with art as an expressive emotional practice and showed my work at juried exhibitions. My interest in printmaking waned as I began to favor environmental stewardship and community farming, which fulfilled my desire to create more collaboratively in a community-facing practice. From age 23-36 I did not make any prints and rarely engaged with a professional art scene.
