In my work, I frequently utilize hand sewing, as it was a skill I developed during my years as a ballet dancer. I find that adding a sewn element to works infuse a hand made and personal feel to works, as well as an organic element. I chose a sage shade of thread for the sewing partially because it follows the particular color palette I have established for my life/work and because I felt it complimented the silver of the wire and cream of the paper mâché. Once again, I followed my established logic as I attempted to reconnect the wire and paper with thread on the left side in an attempt to maintain control while on the right side I used free flowing line work to emphasize the billowing and unconstricted nature of the right side.

The sage thread made the mask appear to be decaying while also bridging the gap between the paper and wire. When I reconnected the mask to the stand, human features reemerged from some angles of the mask, creating a multidimensional experience when the mask is viewed from many angles. By following my intuition and allowing my ideas to change, my resulting work is a mixture of my design and my reaction to the materials. When I started this project I was unsure what the limitations of each new material were, but by allowing for change as my work progressed my idea became more solidified and meaningful. I began with trying to translate my definitions of art and design into my own face, but ended up playing with mapping, topography, brain tendencies and decay which all came together to support my own perception of beauty and life