2017
Hollowform woven glass bead figures of glass beads. Framework of wire, woven glass beads.
Figures are detachable from the framework.
2022
21”H x 8”W
Created during the lockdowns of the 2020-2022 pandemic, when the need to reach out to people peaked. The left side lifts up to reveal layers connected to each hand above.
2008
17"h x 8"w x 1"d
Neckpiece of woven glass beads. Private collection.
Miami Rice is the nickname Hatians gave to imported US rice. Subsidies made imported US rice so inexpensive that Hatian farmers couldn't compete with it. Later, when the price of fuel went up, food became so expensive that people were eating mud pies to get the feeling of something in the stomach.
2018
14”h x 11”w
Neckpiece of open weave glass beads and thread.
2018
18”h x 11”w
Convertible tapestry neckpiece of woven glass beads and thread. Neck strap (hands) detachable; front can be mounted as a wall piece. Private collection.
2005
16"h x 18"w
Tapestry neckpiece of woven glass beads
Juror's Choice award, 30th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, 2009. Juror: Namita Gupta Wiggers
2017.
18"h x 7"w x 1"d
Neckpiece of woven glass beads and found materials. Private collection
A tribute to the memory of Momina Bibi, who was killed by a US drone strike while picking okra in her garden on October 24, 2012
2008. 13"h x 7"w x 1"d
Neckpiece of woven glass beads and thread
Inspired by the Fall 1954 issue of Planet Stories magazine
2007
11"h x 8"w x 1"d
Neckpiece of woven glass beads with hollowform bead-woven components
2005
13" h x 12"w
Neckpiece of woven glass beads. Private collection
Inspired by the people who have, directly and by example, supported my creative efforts
2008
11"h x 9"w x 2"d
Neckpiece of woven glass beads and found materials
The notecard contains beads from a broken necklace found at an estate sale, along with a request not to "tell Fred" that the writer sent it. Did Fred ever find out?
2006
14”h x 8”w x 2”d
Neckpiece of woven glass beads
I'd been thinking about what people do to combat their often generic, impersonal surroundings when I heard a friend's story that dovetailed with this train of thought. Enraged when he saw an overpriced MC5 album at a record store, he went home, got his copy of this record, and gave it away to the first stranger he met. Weeks later he ran into this guy by chance, who told him the music changed his life
2017
18"h x 12"w x 1"d
Neckpiece of woven glass beads, inspired by Planet Stories magazine. Private collection
2010
18"h x 8"x 1"d
Neckpiece of woven glass beads. Private collection
2009
17"h x 12"w
Neckpiece of woven glass beads
A shopkeeper once gave me this advice