While my main focus is currently on animation, I have always had a love of craft, dolls, and costume, and pairing them with performance, as well as making standalone art pieces. These are some of my favorite craft works, arranged by year.
"Bunny Nest" ("Something Fluffy") - flannel, colored pencil, fake fur, 2012
Eenie Meanie (right) and Miney Mo (left) - hand puppets for performance, 2012
Cloth, fake fur, yarn, paint, and embroidery
Beaded necklaces - stone, glass, wire, hemp, 2012
I did not make the beads, but did the knotting and beadwork.
Beaded macrame bracelets - stone, bone, wire, hemp, nylon cord 2012
I did not make the beads, but did the knotting and beadwork.
I did not make the beads, but did the knotting and beadwork.
"Red Figure" - kiln-fired glass, molded from re-worked Barbie parts, 2010
"Artificial Life - Homunculus" Glass, soil, plastic, 2010
Stop-motion puppet armatures for Toko and Cytherea (designs here) - balsa, wire, hardware, 2010
Cytherea puppet, in-progress - wire, balsa, hardware, fiberfill, 2010
Armor-style utility vest, fiberglass and resin on cardstock with nylon straps, 2009
"Florence (the Mannequin)" - Foam sewn over PVC pipe armature, Sharpie, found objects - 2007
Snake Automata - wood, 2007
Ceejay the Anteater - Polymer clay, acrylic paint, 2007
"Bonesy" - ball-jointed doll made from bread-glue clay, papier mache, acrylic paint, 2006
Based off of the character drawn by Jamie Hewlett for Gorillaz.
Based off of the character drawn by Jamie Hewlett for Gorillaz.
"Raskolnikov" - From Crime and Punishment - House and doll, 2006
Doll- bread-glue clay, papier mache, mohair, fabric, watercolor
House - cardboard, wallpaper, fabric, balsa wood, plastic
Doll- bread-glue clay, papier mache, mohair, fabric, watercolor
House - cardboard, wallpaper, fabric, balsa wood, plastic
old photo (2008) of toys worked on - Florence (bg), L-R - wire and papier-mache armature for sculpture, sculpey figurine, Bonesy doll, Lila soft-doll, repainted Barbie, Raskolnikov doll, "Happy Noodle Boy" wire and papier-mache sculpture (based off of the character by Jhonen Vasquez)
