Artist's Statement:

"No more using my indoor voice."

I am currently exploring making art from the collision of disparate, even opposing elements: fiber, knitting, weaving, spinning, stitchery, several kinds of felting, printing original photos on silk, beading and various sorts of construction in combination with original poetry or "lyrics". I use quite a lot of "repurposed materials"-- which sounds better than "stuff I dig out of other people's trash."

I have discovered that dark and scary and angry and sad voices are ok-- even for women-- even for OLD women. I no longer feel compelled to be polite. I prefer dark reality and angry beauty to cheery prettiness.

I have a couple of semesters of college-level training in the fine arts, and I have learned from some wonderful craft-persons. I intend to keep smashing the rocks of many art and craft forms together, hoping to strike sparks.

Roger Cardinal describes "outsider" artists as having "profound strangeness and integrity"-- that's my aspiration.