I am drawn to things in decay. Peeling paint, chipping plaster, decomposing brick. Rust excites me. I take photos of old walls, focusing on the texture and patterns the age and decay create. The place where the natural creeps over the built environment is where I continually find inspiration. These captured images are starting points to creating my art. My passion is creating work that is rooted in classical mosaic grammar, extrapolated to a contemporary place.

My current work explores the juxtaposition of hard and soft materials.

I have found that fiber happily nests into a bed of wet mortar so I set my favored smalti, stone and rusted metal alongside soft materials. I enjoy searching for innovative ways to combine unexpected materials to push the boundaries of what is commonly thought of as mosaic.

Combining these materials allows me to join the needlework and fiber crafts of my childhood with my passion for mosaic as an art form.

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