Presence/absence etching

this is an 18x24" etching, from an 18x24" zinc plate (it was humongously large), with gesso figure over the top.
One night I woke up suddenly and saw a man in my room with his back to me. He wasn't there, of course, but I was profoundly effected.
Spring 2009

Caterpillar Shearing Sheep

18x24" cut construction paper.
started with a fringe piece, then added a free-association image about what a caterpillar would eat if it were very large: after mowing the grass, it would eat the wool off of sheep. Which would tickle the sheep.
Unfortunately this piece no longer exists.

party in the cupboard

9x9", cut paper.
Based on a dream, if I remember correctly.
September 2009

cut paper paint by number dolphins

18x24", layers of white BFK paper.
This piece is so impossible to photograph- but like the Kitty, it's exploring the relationship between line and plane and depth or '3D-ness' in the picture plane.
April 2010

cut paper paint by number kitty

18x24" and nearly impossible to photograph!
layers of cut BFK paper
I was wanting to explore the relationship between the lines of the paint by number diagram and the illusion of depth- but without using any color.
April 2010

cut paper ink blots

these are ink blots, but they're cut out of construction paper.
5.5x8.5" each. Part of a set of ten!

Four Cheese

This is Cheese from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Originally a color experiment... but I like them for just themselves. Because Cheese is one of the more hilarious characters ever. Acrylic on paper, 9x12" each.

book monster

A monster coming out of a book. Based on a jack-in-the-box or a jester hat.
glazed ceramic and paint and paper, approx. 14" long.
I think he's cute!

The Vegetarian

So the reason flamingos are pink is because they eat shrimp that eats pink algae. So if they were vegetarian and ate vegetables, would they turn green?
This is the premise of the Vegetarian.
Cut paper, 5x9".

Crown

This piece (12x12") was originally meant to be an album cover, but alas. The band didn't like it. (why not is beyond me... haha).
cut paper, the crown is set up a bit from the background. Featuring real Florentine marbled paper! as well as a smidge of vellum.

Cut Leaves

Patterns cut with an exacto blade into magnolia leaves.
I cut them while they were fresh, then pressed them until they were dry (which was really fast)

Dove Milk Chocolate

The silhouette of an orphan, in pieces of foil from Dove Milk Chocolate wrappers.
9x12 paper, and the silhouette of a graffiti tag, 24" long, covered in the same. These pieces were in a group show at Fluorescent Gallery in Knoxville, titled 'Ampersand', in Fall 2009. See Dove Milk Chocolate Square, in Summer 2010, as well.

Tiny Non-grooved vases

these are pieces between 4 and 8 inches tall.
If you like them, please visit my etsy page! I have tons of these.

Tiny Grooved Vases

I made a bunch of these- mostly because I thought they were cute. They range from 4"-8" tall.

How Are You I'm Fine Thanks

This sculpture is a large wooden box (which I constructed- about 20x20x8") with two layers of painted ceramics inside: the front layer is a kind of screen, which is actually the smushed words 'how are you I'm fine thanks'. The back layer is a self portrait in low relief, staring out at you. The closeup is of the eyes.
The concept was to discuss the layer of sterile small talk we use as masks in front of our faces. I also wanted to reference the buddhas in bells on top of borobodur, in which the inaccessibility=holiness. This piece weighed about 80 pounds, and is now destroyed. :(

Skin Cave

This piece is a series of layers of glazed ceramic pieces exploring a kind of freudian descent into the psyche- from conversation to body functions. My teacher smashed the front piece, which was the character inviting you into the cave. I handmade the box as well, it's approximately 10x6x8".

Make Your Own Paint By Number

I made my own paint by numbers of inappropriate things, since most paint by numbers are of cute things like puppies or baby tigers, or of pretty things, like flowers or sunsets or venice. So I did a paint by number of a really gothic sexy girl that some teenage boy would look at- who would never do a paint by number! and of graffiti.

Bunchucks!

These are bunny nunchucks. They are attached by the ears, and one of them runs forward and then throws the other one, so it can kick your face! They have lots of fun.
teeny tiny intaglio print (approx 5x7").

Freeway Print

This is how I feel driving on the freeway next to a semi-truck.
11x14" intaglio print.

Ostriches Riding Zebras series

I thought this was a funny concept.
Started out as the print (11x14" intaglio), then became the cut paper (11x14", with colored pencil), then I redid the composition, which, though dynamic, was somewhat problematic, in the final intaglio print (4x9").

Body without Body

This piece's challenge was to make a piece about the body without using any images of the actual body.
So these little (1.5x3") colored pencil renderings are of other things that are called by names of body parts- from mouth of a river to foot of a sewing machine.
The first image is of their approximate placement on the wall, referencing the height of the respective body parts.
Following are details.

Charming

The challenge for this piece was to incorporate an image from art history, from my personal history, and from pop culture. So the black silhouette is the Rococo painting "The Swing", the man is my grandpa, and Opus the penguin and the Charmin logo are my pop culture references.
This piece is about 40 inches wide, and all the color is cut construction paper. The white is gesso.

Ceramics ponytails

I shaved my head in january 2008, so these pieces were about that- they were decorative renderings of my ponytail that I had left behind. I displayed them in a vertical line in the middle of a wall- so when read left to right, they represented a line of transition, of starting over, which is what shaving my actual head was about.