I teach textiles and weaving at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega, GA. My artistic process is to respond, materially, to my research and culminates with art and installations that are themselves a sort of documentation, an accumulation/manipulation of evidence—incomplete, distorted, a fraction of the truth that remains/is revealed by my material interpretations.
"Gender is Material "
May 2023
Hand quilted pieced cotton fabric
Quilting is a very gendered form of artmaking, historically devalued as art and labeled as craft because it was traditionally done by women. The choice of printed fabrics in a rainbow of hues, along with the arrows in pink, blue and lavender, are intentional references to the LGBTQIA+ pride flag and the colors traditionally associated with girls, boys, and those who are both/neither. My hope is that this quilt contributes to ongoing conversations about gender, gender identity and material culture and challenge viewers to question their assumptions about traditional gender roles and the art world's gendering and devaluing of textiles and textile techniques.
"Tabloid"
2017
Linen Appliqué, Free-Motion Embroidery, Hand Embroidery, Quilting
The story of my great aunt and uncle, Kathleen and John Drewry (she shot him and his mistress in 1949), prompts thoughts about the fragile construction of family lore and history, and the tension between memory and truth. This piece features my interpretation of two photos and their captions that appeared in the newspaper during her attempted murder trial in Athens, GA.