Portfolios

This page is a work in progress as I try to curate the years of creative work into something presentable.

Kriah Studies, 2024

I went through a long grieving period from 2021-2024, which included personal and communal losses including the horrific and ongoing genocide in Palestine. I am forever grateful for the many communal grief spaces generously hosted by anti-zionist Jews in this time through which I reconnected to the ancient grief technology, Kriah, which is the ritual rending of garments in a moment of tremendous grief following a death. I made these very simple prints from some of the torn fabric and found the images helped me feel more connected to my feelings.

Queer Interspecies Intimacies 2018-2019

I completed a series of interviews this year with queer identified folks on how they understood their relationships with the more than human world. This project was compiled into a thesis paper in fulfillment of my Masters in Environmental Studies. Here are a few interview excerpts. I am thinking about returning to this project as of 2025. I always intended the interviews to be a first step in gathering stories that would be incorporated into quilts, but I took a long pause as other things happened in my life and the world.

Prints 2004-2010

I studied printmaking from 2004-2008 and worked at printshops in Massachusetts and New York City from 2006-2010. I worked on copper using hand tools and Ferric Chloride to create the images. Sometimes I worked with lithography or wood engraving. At the moment most of the images of my prints are inaccessible because I don’t have a cable that will connect my old hard drive to my computer. Although I briefly participated in the professional arts world, I lost interest in it quickly. My creative energy drifted towards gardening, community organizing and environmental stewardship projects where I felt more connected to others.