My art practice uses fiber to invite participation, reflection, and care. I work with crochet and mixed media to create installations, contribute to public art, and design programs that center equity, healing, and cultural belonging. Across my work I pair hands-on making with dialogue and education, work with cultural partners, and design accessible materials so participants can see their experiences reflected in the work.
I came to crochet in my late twenties while navigating debilitating depression, and it quickly became both a survival tool and a creative practice. Through fiber art I discovered the mental health benefits of making, which led to writing Crochet Saved My Life and set the foundation for two decades of work at the intersection of creativity, wellness, and community. Crochet remains a personal practice that sustains me daily, and at times I extend that practice into public exhibitions where I invite others to engage with the tactile, immersive, and healing qualities of fiber.
My community projects and programs are on the Programs & Projects page.
Suspended Tendrils is an immersive hanging installation of cascading spirals in upcycled and secondhand yarn, and viewers are invited to touch. Weave Yourself In began in 2023 as a wall piece on a thick woven crochet ground that I crocheted, carrying pockets, braids, and trailing fibers that grow as participants add their own materials, an act of trust and shared authorship. It challenges competition in the arts and affirms that collective creativity is our greatest strength. Contained Multiplicities gathers organic crochet forms that spill and bloom from upcycled domestic containers, representing nervous system regulation and the soft power of containment.
Suspended Tendrils was shown in International Fiber Arts XII at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts in 2025, and all three works appeared together in WARP at CCA’s PLAySPACE Gallery in 2025. Across these works I offer experiences of embodied reflection, extending the private, sustaining practice of crochet into public contexts, where it becomes a site for dialogue, interaction, and mutual care.
Domestic Magic
A textile series on home, tradition, craft, and identity
Domestic Magic is a series that explores the intersection of home, tradition, craft, and identity. Through these works I challenge the boundary between art and craft, highlighting the ways fiber arts, long associated with domestic labor and undervalued as “women’s work,” carry deep personal and cultural significance. Domestic Magic 1 is a textile wall hanging in which an unfinished crochet piece has been shaped into a shawl that cannot be worn.
Community Public Art
Selected contributions, 2012 to 2025
Alongside my own projects, I have contributed to community public art for more than a decade, from an annual seasonal yarn installation covering the plaza trees in downtown Mill Valley, to the #100WomenProject, to Yarnopolis at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles. The list below gathers the selected projects with their dates.
