I have long been fascinated with the sewing machine, both as a symbol of domestic labor and as a tool for my art. My work combines the manual techniques of oil painting and ceramics with the

automatic movements of the sewing machine. By directly stitching into an unstretched canvas with mixed medium collages, I create robust and visceral textures that are reminiscent of fluids in an organism. The machine’s needle works as an apparatus, responding to my emotional energy. In contrast to the technical aesthetics of artwork, my work emphasizes experimentation and balances elements of control and spontaneity.

I draw from its techniques of careful embroidery, imbuing each image I create with its own symbolic meaning. Flowers, for me, are symbols of life as well as mementomori––a reminder of life’s fragility and impermanence.

I have been experimenting with drawings, paintings, and sculptures, and I am increasingly attracted to the texture. 

My works are personal homages to needle works, once considered to be a form of low art and “women’s work.” In conversation with this tradition of domestic artistry, my work provides a new reading of women’s low and handmade works, which have historically been relegated to the domestic realm. By embracing the decorative and domestic labor of needle work in a transgressive way, my work can expand our understanding of womanhood.