A and and | 2024
A and and marks another beginning— and with the appropriate letter of the alphabet. There is, of course, continuity from preceding bodies of work in which hand stitched industrial wool felt wall works predominate as well as further development of long established processes that include the transplantation of cutout letters, letter-derived and pictogram-like shapes. These works hover in the space between two and three dimensions. Shapes are cut out and then inlaid (and stitched) into position not unlike marquetry, requiring exactness. The spiraling tension of the hand stitching causes subtle dimensional flare-ups that further animate the work. A doomed attempt at regularity, the stitching is in opposition to the compressed chaos that is felt. I think of it as a form of physical drawing. Much of the work begins with cast-offs or remains of earlier pieces: cutout shapes and the grounds from which they have been cut with untidy edges 'as is' suggesting history and the desire for repair and renewal.