Brown’s practice centers on “kitchen chemistry,” producing all-natural bioplastics and biocomposites that replace traditional textiles. These materials embed layers of personal and cultural meaning—incorporating food remnants, financial documents, shredded currency, and symbolic language—before being stitched into quilt-like forms. Both tactile and conceptual, the works make visible the emotional, economic, and physical labor embedded within domestic life.

In Comfort Food, Brown draws directly from her rural childhood, transforming traditional quilt patterns into contemporary objects infused with agricultural memory and family history. By embedding actual food materials into homecooked bioplastics, she creates a sensory archive of nourishment, labor, and care. The biodegradable nature of each piece introduces a critical tension: their longevity depends on the attention of their keeper, mirroring the fragile

and ongoing demands of the domestic work they reflect.