Driven by the specificity of time, place, and people, I explore the individual, community, and cultural meanings and uses of the space and what either grows or can be found there.

My home town, Hamilton Ontario, has been a rich source; a steel town, nestled in the beauty of the golden horseshoe, is in the midst of an shift from industry to art. 


In A Rusted Development Revisited, I draw on this tension, using rusted industrial gears to print on and dye fabric. I layer this fabric with found objects that speak to my own place in this space and my own growing sense of self as an artist.

I incorporate text from Father Tuckers Annual for Children, a paternalistic and misogynistic book from the 1940s, found in a local thrift store. Cutting it up was liberating, freeing myself from similar messages in more modern texts.

The ceramic vessels explore ideas of containment and liberation, and the relationship between inside and outside. 


We are mirrors, Hamilton and I; both finding our footing as hotbeds of creation.


Overall, A Rusted Development Revisited speaks to my fascination with the organic nature of rebirth and rejuvenation.