Skin Deep consists of three muslin panels (one dyed with Japanese Wakoucha Black tea, another with coffee and the last with cocoa and coffee), 63” x 69” x 12”. The textural imagery is embroidered by hand in Japanese, English and Yoruba language of the poem Otherness and tied around a bone when not hanging.
thread, three bones wrapped in muslin (one dyed with Japanese Wakoucha black tea, another with coffee, and the last with cocoa and coffee)
detail
8 1/2” x 140 1/2” x 16”, cut, torn and folded paper with textual imagery perforated by hand, 32 bricks
8 1/2” x 140 1/2” x 16”, cut, torn and folded paper with textual imagery perforated by hand, 32 bricks
120”x 90” x 10”, twenty-eight, 14” X 14” silk organza sewn to silk chiffon leaves, hung on masonry nails.
120”x 90” x 10”, twenty-eight, 14” X 14” silk organza sewn to silk chiffon leaves, hung on masonry nails.
Cover image of Wander and Exit, two unique books in collaboration with poet, Susan Weiner, consists of vintage wooden spools, 11”x 5 ½”, wound with industrial felt, hand embroidered with cotton thread forming the text. Each are 11” X 69” x 6” unrolled, 11” x 7” rolled with deer tan cowhide straps for closure.
In collaboration with the poet, Susan Weiner, when roof is open 20” x 18” x 12”, etched and cut glass, wire, metal hinges, washers and screws.
Closed roof, 16 1/2” x 12” x 12”