Constrained (mold grown) gourds, stain. Dimensions variable, roughly 32x34x12”

Medusa is a mythical hybrid woman, whose appearance was altered by Athena as punishment for having been raped in Athena's temple by Poseidon.  I have surrounded my image (a gourd grown in a cast of my face) with some of my garden progeny, an ode to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and our relationship with and reliance on other species to understand our complete nature.

Constrained gourd (grown in mold), frame. 27x18x4”

This piece is constructed to reference lady justice. Historically the blindfold in this context represents impartiality, the ideal that justice should be applied without regard to wealth, power, or other status.   But blindfolds (and political institutions) have also been used to keep the wearers in the dark, restricting our most developed sense, depriving the wearer of visual agency.

Constrained (mold-grown) gourd, metal stand, glass and copper.

Dimensions variable, roughly 18x8x8”

This piece is a contemplation on identity and our relationships with other species.  Made from a gourd grown in a mold of my face, it is a collaboratively formed self-portrait.  The glass-covered aperture offers glimpses of the “inner workings” of my plant-based facsimile.