These pieces have been created on a daily basis over a year-and-a-half, and much like the spontaneous activity of journal keeping, each individual sculpture contains an intimacy that honors the rituals of being present, every day. Equally important to the work are the multitude of shadows that the pieces cast across the wall.

Initially the piece looks like an environmental drawing, but by looking closer the viewer is drawn to individual details, and an interesting relationship is set up between the individual pieces and the room as a whole. Over time these 'imaginings' take on a life and a pace of their own, and eventually venture into the realm of installation because they demand a space much bigger than themselves. The work is small in detail, but excessive in design.

The small becomes big, making the viewer travel between the space of the miniature to the multiples that surround them.

This work is created with the simple materials of polymer clay, sewing pins, threads and acrylic paint. These materials are accessible, and because of their familiarity invite the viewer in to look closer. I use domestic and time-consuming processes such as binding, sewing, gluing, painting.... Each piece requires a slowing down and an attending to detail. As a whole the work sets in motion a ritual way of looking, and of making that becomes evident through the multitude of pieces.

Dimension: Installed on a wall 40’ long X 11’ high X 5” depth. @ piece approx. 5” X .5”

2007 “SHIFT” selected artists. Richmond Art Gallery,

2009 The Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Canadian Pavilion. Cheongju, South Korea

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