Crafting the Science of Domesticity


This body of work is based on research related to home economics and its origins as a science-based area for women to improve the world through the household. Using cooking, sewing, and craft skills taught to me as a child, I use ingredients from the pantry to create biodegradable plastic and rubber materials that encapsulate kitchen leftovers, family financial statements, U.S. currency, and other relevant inputs. These biodegradable materials are used to create objects identified with the constraints and demands of the domestic space, women, and a capitalist world. Due to their biodegradable properties, the sculptures have the potential to be "freed" given the right environmental conditions. 

Thesis Exhibition - Installation View at The Invisible Dog | Brooklyn, NY
2023
Thesis Exhibition - Installation View at The Invisible Dog | Brooklyn, NY
2023
Marital Constraints (front view)
2023
Homemade biorubber, artist's financial statements, crochet thread, artist's and artist's mother's wedding dress
20" x 20" x 14"
Marital Constraints (back view)
2023
Homemade biorubber, artist's financial statements, crochet thread, artist's and artist's mother's wedding dress
Mother's Recipe
2023
Homemade biorubber, adult and children's cookbooks, crochet thread, and Magic Erasers
50" x 60" x 5"
American Dream (Day 1)
2023
Homemade biorubber, U.S. currency residue, water, three food storage containers, shelf
8" x 28" x 6"
American Dream (Day 12)
2023
Homemade biorubber, U.S. currency residue, water, three food storage containers, shelf
8" x 28" x 6"
Housebound
2023
Biorubber, financial statements, crochet thread
10” x 34” x 10”
Night and Day...She is the One
2023
Homemade biorubber, crochet thread, artist's black evening dress, artist's high heel pumps, artist's mother's purse, bucket, dirty water, found broom, mop, salt, laundry detergent, baking soda, lemons, gallery sink
Variable
Night and Day...She is the One (detail)
2023
Homemade biorubber, crochet thread, artist's black evening dress, artist's high heel pumps, artist's mother's purse, bucket, dirty water, found broom, mop, salt, laundry detergent, baking soda, lemons, gallery sink
Variable
Help
2023
Homemade biorubber, U.S. currency, forty-eight mop heads
Variable
No Way Out
2023
Homemade biorubber, U.S. currency residue, financial statements, crochet thread
8" x 5.5" x 8"
Harnessing Power
2023
Homemade biorubber, U.S. currency, crochet thread
6" x 4" x 7.5"
Her Assets: Womb Room
2023
Homemade biorubber, U.S. currency residue, crochet thread, Kleenex tissues
8" x 9" x 1.5"
Financial Restraints
2023
Homemade, biorubber, U.S. currency residue, crochet thread, paper straw
10" x 22" x 3"
Culture Clash (Day 1 side view)
2023
Homemade biorubber, fashion magazines, adult cookbooks, U.S. currency residue, appropriated Dick and Jane illustrations on water decals, whole milk, five IKEA spice containers, black Sharpie ink
1.5" x 28" x 3.5"
Culture Clash (detail from top)
2023
Homemade biorubber, fashion magazines, adult cookbooks, U.S. currency residue, appropriated Dick and Jane illustrations on water decals, whole milk, five IKEA spice containers, black Sharpie ink
1.5" x 28" x 3.5"
Culture Clash (Day 12)
2023
Homemade biorubber, fashion magazines, adult cookbooks, U.S. currency residue, appropriated Dick and Jane illustrations on water decals, whole milk, five IKEA spice containers, black Sharpie ink, various mold spores
1.5" x 28" x 3.5"
Culture Clash (Day 12 - detail)
2023
Homemade biorubber, fashion magazines, adult cookbooks, U.S. currency residue, appropriated Dick and Jane illustrations on water decals, whole milk, five IKEA spice containers, black Sharpie ink, various mold spores
1.5" x 28" x 3.5"
Strings Attached
2023
Archival inkjet print
17" x 22"
Holding It Together
2023
Archival inkjet print
17" x 22"
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2023
Archival inkjet print
15" x 22"
Voluntary Confinement
2023
Archival inkjet print
17" x 22"