CUT AND SEW

Spray paint on hand-quilted canvas, various dimensions

A fifteen-year ongoing exploration that embraces material contradiction rather than fighting it. By spraying canvas, cutting it apart, and hand-sewing it back together, I intentionally stress the brittle paint at quilted seams, acknowledging spray paint's inherent unsuitability for flexible surfaces while creating something new from this tension.

This series connects my ancestral sewing heritage with writing culture's American roots. Both traditions embody deep storytelling practices through material. By recontextualizing public-facing mark-making through studio quilting processes, I've developed a format more appropriate for white wall settings while maintaining material authenticity.

Notable works include a technically challenging miniature canvas exploration and an eight-foot square commission for Gap's San Francisco Embarcadero location that references their vintage polo patterns—a meaningful intersection between my hometown's corporate design history and street aesthetics.