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My work is slightly related to realistic forms, but also very much removed. 

The pieces come from a specific space of disassociation…I've never seen dissociation as a harmful feeling, I believe it is sometimes necessary to detach; we need spaces to exist outside of reality to retain our mind within the chaos of it.

Soft sculpture has historically been a safe haven art space. There’s nothing harsh or edgy about the plush rounded figures, it’s a protected place of familiarity in the safest way possible. sculpture seems to portray some sort of delusional reality of the way we perceive the world, or ways we wish it was molded... 

My created patterns and shapes collaborate in different ways with each piece…

i warp odd textures, deep saturated colors, and shiny found objects to embellish the shapes in my work into their own isolated-fantasy realm. 

I do not collect the embellishments with intention, they come to me at various times until I have enough found material to build each piece. 

The shapes I portray in my work come from a more grounded perspective, as it is easier to study real world forms for what they are in a non-dissociated state. 

i choose shapes inspired by flora, angelic bugs, sea & land creatures, and space…these concepts bring wholeness back from detachment in somewhat of a spiritual way, in an interconnected with the universe way.

i hope to create my own universes in that way too, where things are aligned, and where you feel familiar and comforted; while also allowing yourself to detach into your own space. 

~ thanks for visiting 💕