Dinner for all

Dinner for all click to view The words: HEAL, SEAL, ZEAL, and CONGEAL are carved through the silverware and goblet.  ceramic, cloth machine stitched napkin  18″ plate 2009 This piece was created For The Love of Food exhibition in Allan Town Pennsylvania in 2009. The installation For the Love of Food had its genesis in…

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Nourish

Nourish click to view letterpress printed reduction linoleum and wood blocks, pressure printing, polymer plates, handset title page and colophon, bamboo box, gampi paper, wool felt, cast paper pulp, and porcelain. Edition of 21 8″ x 8″ x 2″ 2012 Video Personal experiences brought Nourish to fruition: visiting Opal Creek’s pristine ancient forest, witnessing a breathtaking starling…

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…with liberty and justice for all

…with liberty and justice for all click to view woven letterpress text on vellum, hand-stitching 53″ x 80″ 2000 Words of bigotry and prejudice are woven into the fabric of this U.S. flag. The Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923, is still not part of the United States of America’s constitution. The flag of…

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REAL, MEAL, DEAL

REAL, MEAL, DEAL click to view ceramic, letterpress text, scales 24″ x 36″ x 8″ 2010 The scales contain corn (polenta), wheat (pasta) and rice. They weigh the political, social, and economic ramifications of food in the age of globalization by juxtaposing provocative words on each scale face.

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Homage

Homage click to view Homage is a celebration of women’s bodies and power by imagining the lives of the legendary warrior women known as Amazons. Using natural materials—egg shells, onion skins, human hair, rock, iron—a totem of breasts emerge and far away lands are mapped to recreate the lives of these feared and desired women…

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(Ex)change

(Ex)change click to view A Career Opportunity Grant provided by The Oregon Art Commission and Ford Family Foundation made this exhibition possible Art installation at the Bush Barn Art Center January 16 – February 21, 2015 My work is political and makes commentary on social and environmental justice issues. I seduce the viewer to come…

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The Writing’s on the Wall

The Writing’s on the Wall click to view Artist Project Grant provided by The Regional Arts & Cultural Council Exhibition at Disjecta (Oregon Contemporary) 2008 Reaching into deep dormant places of the heart, The Writing’s On The Wall sheds light and shadow on the root causes of crime. Our nation has not healed its slavery…

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Tea Party

Tea Party click to view molded handmade cotton paper Actual size of tea set – dimensions vary 2012   In this body of work I make reference to the right wing Republican Tea Party movement. My critique stages a hoax tea party. The empty weightless paper replica symbolizes the lies and hidden truths sipped and…

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Fed Up. Unlock

Fed Up. Unlock Cast cotton paper pulp, letterpress text, burnt keys on handmade abaca paper by Helen Hiebert 15″ x 32″ 2010   Fed up. Unlock. illuminates a whorl of hope sandwiched between rich ambiguities. Mainstream media spoon-feeds the populace lies and exaggerated facts to make a compelling story and to further corporate interests. Residual…

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Card Catalog

Card Catalog click to view letterpress text, etching ink blot, acrylic painted brain; wooden frame built by John Norton 97″ x 52″ x 6″ 1996 What does it look like for you? Is the question asked under the ink blot. Anonymous answers are scrawled on the reverse side as well as markings on the actual…

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