Artist Statement

Textile art found me through illness. In 2021, I spent a year bedbound from chronic illness, and turned to textiles as a way to process emotion and reclaim agency through making. Creating with fiber became a language and a way for me to express stories of vulnerability and resilience. As a student in the MFA Textiles program at Parsons The New School, I use the knitting machine and other textile crafts to translate my emotions into material form.

My recent work focuses on past traumas and the relationship between water and emotion, specifically how both hold memory. Through the repetition and rhythm of knitting, I become more at ease with myself, reflecting on moments of calm surrounded by more aggressive emotions. I work with a range of materials, including hand-spun and hand-dyed yarn, beads, fabric, and found objects, each chosen for its symbolic and tactile resonance. These combinations allow multiple points of entry for the viewer, encouraging connection through texture and shared experience. My practice investigates how textiles can carry emotion, and how structures, softness, and labor can translate feeling into form.