Thank you to the many people in my life both near and far who collect randoms things for me. Opening a box and sorting through these treasers gives me great job. I appreciate every single one of of you.
Bottle Cap Pearls
Call For Materials
I believe in materiality and sustainability, resulting in an affinity for using recycled materials in my artwork. My brain sees a re-use opportunity in everything. There are a few things I am currently amassing for ongoing repurposing projects.
I’m looking for abandoned shopping carts, plastic straws, old t-shirts and jeans, large colored bottle caps, pony beads, buttons, ribbon, yarn, bolts of fabric, paracord, fishing net, action figures, old toys and broken jewelry.
If you have access to any of these items, message me and let me know.
PS… yes Im still looking for shopping carts.
Ribbon and caution tape 
Sorting by color story 
Cut ribbon 
Pony beads on grocery mesh
Baggage Cart Statement
We all carry emotional baggage Naturally; these manifests differently for each of us. Some of us carry suitcases of pain and bitterness while some of us just have a backpack. As an empath, I carry a lifetime of disappointments and racial traumas.
Being alive means having the capacity to carry past experiences and learn from them. But there’s a point when this baggage becomes too much. Carrying too much emotional baggage can literally stop us from being open to new experiences, intimacy and growth.
How we choose to handle our baggage makes a difference. We have the choice to let it define us or to let it go and move forward.
My baggage carts are designed as a vessel for racial and class traumas. My baggage carts serve…
- to separate myself from these experiences.
- to grant access to grace.
- to create a new possibility for myself, free from the constraints of the past.
Mini Blacky Black Blanket
Made a mini zip tie blanket and playing with draping it over different substrates like this basket in my studio.
Reminds me of coral…
Caution Tape Shopping Cart
Made progress on this angle of the Shopping Cart.
Flipping the cart over to see what I see and tackle the other POV.
Shopping Cart In Progress
There was no undercarriage on my cart so, I’m weaving one to hold more baggage…
Shopping Cart Cont…
I had pulled a particular rope to weave on the cart, but then the cart had other plans when I found this Caution tape in my yarn stash…
Shopping Cart Transformation
The shopping carts congregating at the back of the construction site across the street have been calling to me…
Rose Gold and Bronze Spray Paint
Sewing Circle Part 3 this Sunday
I printed my Woman Woman Selfie onto heavy fabric for a 10’x8′ tapestry.
Im on deadline for a show and need help sewing bottle caps, buttons and beads onto the fabric for the hair. I need help sewing on bling.
I’ll be at Garden Level Gallery from 11:00am-4:00pm Sunday 7/29. Come for 30mins or come for the duration. Bring a friend or just yourself.
Yes, I will have snacks and day drinking beverages on hand… 🙂
If you can’t sew, don’t worry, this You Tube video will teach you the basics.
