Fasle Hackle    2022. crib spring, paint, assay trays, pipettes, zip ties, extension cord.  53"x 29" x7".

(a)drift   2022. unraveled marine rope, painted staples. 84"x 75"x 16"

Piecework  (Recology AIR 2021-22)

Confronted with an overwhelming quantity of waste material, the artist takes cues from the functions and forms of the Material Recovery Facility (MRF): sorting, picking, pushing, bundling; piles, scrambles, bales, belts, cobwebs. Hands, the machines, process and form anew- a hopeful cycle and a haphazard reality tied into the global supply chain and its fluctuating demands for reclaimed materials. Portability is paramount, toting work back and forth between home and studio in a way of working necessitated by the unpredictable ebb and flow of pandemic lockdowns. A system of piecework emerges from the sorted piles of salvage: bits of a whole, undone and refined through textile-informed handlings. Painted staples stitch unwound fishing ropes into yo-yo quilt circles, assay trays become grids for embroideries of plastics. The past lives of these materials are veiled but not denied, their wear celebrated for its part in creating a palette of variable textures and colors. Their new forms drift, fray, and float in their unexpected afterlife.