Evidence

Abstract

I make work about ephemera and the lives of objects. I am interested in how we use and interact with these objects, as well as how they interact with us. Some objects have borne witness to a forgotten time or way of life. Some are good luck charms, magic, or even alive. Others are objects of contemplation or veneration used in rituals.

In my own work, I often use found images and objects. These items often evoke a sense of intimacy and timelessness. When we render things, not only do we give them life, we also preserve their nature. Drawing something over and over again deifies and memorializes that object. To lay down a nervous line is to imbue a surface with anxiety. To thoughtfully arrange a collection of objects is a meticulous act of love. Creating a matrix to print from can capture the essence of a thing and turn it into a relic.

Printmaking, to me, has always been the best medium for harnessing the spirit of the loved object. My impulse to make work comes largely from a compulsion to nurture, but partially from the need to mourn. There is something undeniably human about the need to remember, to have keepsakes, and to see ourselves in the things around us. In my work, it is my intention to illustrate why and how we cherish items and challenge what a reliquary can look like.