PCP #4: Depression/Anxiety

After some traumatic events in my early childhood, depression and anxiety became my shadow companions. I was privileged to partake of psychotherapy for many years, which was very helpful but insufficient to make living with the diseases tolerable. I resisted chemical treatment for a long, long time. During a particularly stressful period, I began experiencing panic attacks and succumbed to the lure of the medicated solution. I’ve been on a few over the years, and they work for the most part, but they have their cost. And there are still some days when depression, especially, escapes from the shadowy confines and grips me with its bruising tendrils. It wears me down and keeps me from doing what I love – creating.

PCP #4: Depression/Anxiety (detail)

7” h x 23” w x 17” d

Materials: fiber rush, prescription bottles, nylon cord, dye, bleach

Techniques: twining, melting, boiling, dyeing, bleaching, hammering, filing, slashing

Generosi-tea: Self-Portrait as Teapot

A person of generous proportions, I like to think I also have a generous nature. Those who give frequently receive, as I have from friends, family, and colleagues. The contributed linen napkins I used in this sculpture tell their own stories of generosity – of dinner parties and holiday gatherings – in the stains and signs of wear. Sitting down for tea with a friend is a ritual of generosity I love to perform.

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Form #1

An exploration of materiality.

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14"h x 11"w x 8"d

Materials: canvas, fiberfill, cardboard, thread

Techniques: pattern drafting, sewing, stuffing

Form #1

An exploration of materialiy

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Generosi-tea: Self-Portrait as Teapot 

9” h x 17” w x 8” d

Materials: things given to me: linen napkins, pearl buttons, lace trim, canvas, wire; other things: fiberfill, thread, crochet thread, muslin, interfacing, cardboard

Techniques: machine and hand sewing, pattern drafting, stuffing